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

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 southern beef meatballs, saddle of lamb with herbs or coral lentil salad.

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

The wine region of Snake River Valley is located in the region of Idaho of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Cinder or the Domaine Ste Chapelle produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Snake River Valley are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Malbec, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Snake River Valley often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or non oak.

We currently count 31 estates and châteaux in the of Snake River Valley, producing 158 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Snake River Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food.

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 chicken drumstick with bacon, duck breast with orange sauce or fresh salmon risotto.

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: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

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 provencal stew or peppers with lentil stuffing.

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: Persistence

Persistence in the mouth of a wine measured in caudalies.

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Planning a wine route in the of Snake River Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Colter's Creek.

Discover the grape variety: Cinsault

Cinsaut noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). 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 large bunches and large grapes. Cinsaut noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

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