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Winery CrossKeys Vineyards
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 150 of the estates of Virginia.
It is located in Virginia
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The Winery CrossKeys Vineyards is one of the best wineries to follow in Virginie.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Virginia to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery CrossKeys Vineyards wines

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

The top sweet wines of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards

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

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards

  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards.

  • Vidal Blanc
  • Traminer

Discovering the wine region of Virginia

Quality pole of the American east coast, unique signature in Viognier: ample, fragrant whites with notes of apricot, white peach, honey and flowers, silky on the palate. Cabernet Franc star in red, fine and fresh (raspberry, ripe pepper, spices). Also dense Petit Verdot, round Merlot, balanced Chardonnay, Vidal Blanc and native Norton. Humid continental climate tempered by the Appalachians, 8 AVAs (Monticello, Shenandoah).

Wine heritage of Thomas Jefferson.

The top red wines of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards

How Winery CrossKeys Vineyards wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of small stuffed fish from nice, ham and cheese omelette or home-made cassoulet.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards

On the nose the red wine of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards

  • 2017With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot
  • Touriga Nacional
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Chambourcin

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.

The top white wines of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards

How Winery CrossKeys Vineyards wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of zucchini lasagna, sea bream or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards

On the nose the white wine of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards

  • 2011With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.71/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Vidal Blanc
  • Viognier

The word of the wine: Premier cru

In Burgundy, third level of classification (above the regional and communal appellations), designating the wines produced on delimited parcels (climats) whose name is added to the communal appellation. The climats classified as first growths are 635.

The top pink wines of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards

How Winery CrossKeys Vineyards wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of meat and goat pie, pork roll with mustard or pizza of the south west : duck breast, roquefort.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards

On the nose the pink wine of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery CrossKeys Vineyards

  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Chambourcin

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Dark, full-bodied reds with tight tannins and inky colour, showing aromas of blackberry, violet, gentle spice, liquorice and mentholated balsamic notes. Contributes colour, structure and aromatic freshness to great Médoc blends (Palmer, Léoville-Las Cases) where it remains a minority. Also vinified as a single variety in Spain (La Mancha), California, Australia and Argentina. A late-ripening Bordeaux variety.

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Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

Deep, concentrated reds with a near-black robe, firm but polished tannins, showing aromas of blackberry, blackcurrant, violet, bergamot, liquorice, black pepper and characteristic floral notes. Pillar of great vintage Ports (Quinta do Noval, Taylor's) and signature of modern dry Douro DOC and Dão DOC. Also exported to Australia and California. Portugal's most noble variety.