The Winery Clearwater Canyon of Idaho

Winery Clearwater Canyon - Albariño
The winery offers 26 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is ranked in the top 11 of the estates of Idaho.
It is located in Idaho
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The Winery Clearwater Canyon is one of the world's great estates. It offers 26 wines for sale in of Idaho to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Clearwater Canyon wines

Looking for the best Winery Clearwater Canyon wines in Idaho among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Clearwater Canyon 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 Clearwater Canyon wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Clearwater Canyon

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Clearwater Canyon

How Winery Clearwater Canyon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of cabbage casserole, pan-fried potatoes with smoked salmon and rosemary or parillade of fish and seafood.

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Albariño
  • Riesling
  • Viognier

Discovering the wine region of Idaho

Idaho is the third largest state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, bordered by the famous wine states of Oregon and Washington. Currently, Idaho is better known for its potatoes than for its wine. However, with the rapid growth of the wine business and the quality of the wines produced here in recent decades, its profile is rising. Idaho's different mesoClimates allow for many different styles of wine to be produced.

Initially, the state was much better known for its cool-climate wines, produced from Grape varieties such as Riesling (including Icewine), Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Climate change has led to a greater emphasis on red wines, including the more structured Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Tempranillo and Malbec. Idaho's wine production is primarily in the southwest, near the Oregon border. Some is in the northern Part of the state, the panhandle, on the border with Washington, and around Boise in south-central Idaho.

The top red wines of Winery Clearwater Canyon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Clearwater Canyon

How Winery Clearwater Canyon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of wild boar stew in burgundy style, fried rice noodles with chicken or veal tagine with artichokes and lemons.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Clearwater Canyon

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Clearwater Canyon

  • 2016With an average score of 4.24/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot
  • Carménère
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

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Discover the grape variety: Albarino

It is a Spanish variety, in Galicia to be precise, with its cradle in the Rias Baixas area, around Pontevedra and up to Orense. It would be a close relative of the Loureiro. Widely cultivated in Portugal, ... in France, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.

News about Winery Clearwater Canyon and wines from the region

Rare Napa Cabernet sells for $1m at US charity auction

A six-litre bottle of The Setting Wines’ ‘Glass Slipper Vineyard’ Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 fetched $1m during the Carnivale du Vin auction and gala dinner held during the Emeril Lagasse Foundation’s annual fundraising weekend this month. The sale makes the 100% Cabernet Sauvignon one of the most expensive wines ever sold at auction. ‘We are humbled to be able to offer $1 million to the Emeril Lagasse Foundation and its efforts to support youth,’ said Don Steiner, who bought the six-litre Nap ...

Champagne houses announce ‘first’ with B Corp certification

The Champagne houses, part of the family-owned EPI Group, announced their B Corp certification after scoring 91.9 points in the assessment by B Lab, a non-profit network founded in 2006 with the aim of improving corporate performance in the spheres of social and environmental issues, plus accountability and transparency. The certification involves an assessment of the social and environmental impact of each brand through more than 200 questions concerning governance, employees, communities and t ...

St-Joseph 2020: report and top-scoring wines

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The word of the wine: Noble rot

A fungus called botrytis cinerea that develops during the over-ripening phase, an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".

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