The Winery Chankaska of Minnesota

Winery Chankaska
The winery offers 38 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 6 of the estates of Minnesota.
It is located in Minnesota
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The Winery Chankaska is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 38 wines for sale in of Minnesota to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Chankaska wines

Looking for the best Winery Chankaska wines in Minnesota among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Chankaska wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Chankaska wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Chankaska

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Chankaska

How Winery Chankaska wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of homemade beef stew, original mafé with okra or home-made cassoulet.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Chankaska

On the nose the red wine of Winery Chankaska. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, spices or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Chankaska. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Chankaska

  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Chankaska.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Frontenac
  • Merlot
  • Sangiovese
  • Petite Sirah
  • Marquette

Discovering the wine region of Minnesota

Minnesota is a state located in the NorthCentral United States, bordered by Canada to the north and Iowa to the South. The state's Harsh continental Climate makes viticulture difficult. However, research at the University of Minnesota on cold-hardy HybridGrape varieties has opened up opportunities for Minnesota wine producers. The state covers 225,000 square miles between latitudes 43°N and 49°N, which puts it roughly on par with the United States.

This puts it about the same Size as the wine regions of France. Unfortunately, Minnesota's inland location results in much more extreme temperatures in both summer and winter, posing Serious risks to all but the most cold-hardy grape varieties. Most of the state's wine regions are in areas where there is a large Body of water nearby to moderate the temperatures. Fortunately, there are plenty of lakes here: Minnesota is known as the "land of 10,000 lakes.

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The top white wines of Winery Chankaska

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Chankaska

How Winery Chankaska wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of stuffed potatoes, braids of sole and salmon with morels or quiche without pastry.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Chankaska

On the nose the white wine of Winery Chankaska. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, earth or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Chankaska

  • 2013With an average score of 3.74/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Chankaska.

  • Chardonnay
  • La Crescent
  • Riesling
  • Prairie Star
  • Gewürztraminer
  • St. Pepin

Discover the grape variety: La Crescent

A direct-producer hybrid of American origin resulting from an interspecific cross between Saint Pepin and Elmer Swenson 6-8-25 (vitis riparia X Hamburg muscatel) obtained in 1988 by Peter Hemstad and James Luby at the University of Minnesota Research Center (United States). It can also be found in Canada, Ukraine, Russia, etc. and is virtually unknown in France.

The top pink wines of Winery Chankaska

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Chankaska

How Winery Chankaska wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Chankaska

  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Chankaska.

  • Frontenac
  • Marquette

The word of the wine: Fermentation

The process by which grape juice becomes wine, thanks to the action of yeasts that transform sugar into alcohol.

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Discover the grape variety: Marquette

Direct producer hybrid, interspecific cross between MN 1094 and Ravat noir obtained in 1989 by Peter Hemstad and James Luby at the University of Minnesota Research Center (United States). Note that it is the cousin of the black frontenac and the grandson of the pinot noir. It can be found in North America, Canada, ... in France it is almost unknown.

News about Winery Chankaska and wines from the region

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At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Lugny

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The word of the wine: Fermentation

The process by which grape juice becomes wine, thanks to the action of yeasts that transform sugar into alcohol.

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