The Winery Colter's Creek of Snake River Valley of Idaho | Winedexer

Winery Colter's Creek
The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 4 of the estates of Idaho.
It is located in Snake River Valley in the region of Idaho
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The Winery Colter's Creek is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Snake River Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Colter's Creek wines

Looking for the best Winery Colter's Creek wines in Snake River Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Colter's Creek 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 Colter's Creek wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Colter's Creek

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Colter's Creek

How Winery Colter's Creek wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of pasta bolognese, lebanese lamb meatball or carrot soup with curry and coconut milk.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Colter's Creek

On the nose the red wine of Winery Colter's Creek. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, earth or black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Colter's Creek

  • 2014With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.43/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Colter's Creek.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Graciano

Discovering the wine region of Snake River Valley

Idaho's first AVA, extending into eastern Oregon, with high-altitude vineyards (760-915 m) in the Rockies. Strong day-night thermal swings. Signature Syrah at Rhône latitude: elegant and fresh with signature notes of blackberry, black cherry, black pepper, violet, black olive and a spicy touch, firm tannins — a finely chiselled cool-climate style. Solar Grenache and Mourvèdre, firm Cabernet, approachable Tempranillo.

Whites: taut Riesling, fresh Chardonnay, floral Gewürztraminer.

The top white wines of Winery Colter's Creek

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Colter's Creek

How Winery Colter's Creek wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of broccoli gratin, roast venison with green pepper sauce or skate wings with capers.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Colter's Creek

  • 0With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Colter's Creek.

  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Riesling

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

Opulent, heady whites, rich and silky, with intense aromas of apricot, yellow peach, mango, violet, honeysuckle and musky, honeyed notes. Discreet acidity, creamy finish. Star of Condrieu AOC and Château-Grillet AOC, co-vinified in Côte-Rôtie with Syrah (up to 20%). Widely exported to California (Central Coast), Australia (Eden Valley) and Languedoc. A Rhône variety.

The top pink wines of Winery Colter's Creek

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Colter's Creek

How Winery Colter's Creek wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of daube niçoise or titgazelle's herring and leek pie.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Colter's Creek

  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Colter's Creek.

  • Grenache
  • Cinsault

The word of the wine: Over-ripeness

Characteristic of grapes harvested late, rich in sugar, which give wines often mellow and marked by candied aromas.

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Discover the grape variety: Graciano

Structured, deep reds with an ink-dark robe, firm tannins and a dense palate of intense blackfruit (blackberry, blackcurrant), black cherry, violet, spices, black pepper, Mediterranean herbs and balsamic notes. Fine ageing potential; adds structure and length to blends. Essential component of great Rioja DOCa and Navarra DO reds, also as an identity single varietal. Native Spanish grape, signature of Riojan finesse.

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