The Winery Galena Cellars of Illinois

Winery Galena Cellars
The winery offers 50 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 15 of the estates of Illinois.
It is located in Illinois

The Winery Galena Cellars is one of the world's great estates. It offers 50 wines for sale in of Illinois to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Galena Cellars wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Galena Cellars

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Galena Cellars

How Winery Galena Cellars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison), spicy food or beef such as recipes of autumn duck aiguillette, provencal bourride or beef strogonoff.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Galena Cellars

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Galena Cellars

  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.88/5

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

  • Concord
  • Gamay Noir
  • Chambourcin
  • Marechal Foch
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Illinois

Illinois is a U. S. state located South of the Great Lakes region and bordered by Missouri to the west and Indiana to the east. The state is one of the fastest-growing wine producers in the United States; the number of wineries doubled in the late 1990s and now stands at over 100.

Illinois covers 150,000 square kilometers (58,000 square miles) between latitudes 36°N and 42°N, similar to northern California. However, the unpredictable and often Harsh winters of the Midwest mean that viticulture is not as widespread as in the key Californian regions of Napa Valley and Sonoma County. Most Illinois vineyards are located in the south, where they can take advantage of slightly warmer temperatures and increased exposure to sunlight. Illinois has a Long and successful wine-growing history dating back to the mid-19th century, when settlers planted grapes along the banks of the Mississippi River to make wine.

By the turn of the century, Illinois was the fourth largest wine-producing state in the United States. Like many states, this thriving wine industry was devastated by the advent of Prohibition in 1920, when most of Illinois' vineyards were uprooted in favor of grain crops.

The top white wines of Winery Galena Cellars

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Galena Cellars

How Winery Galena Cellars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of cassoulet, rabbit with marengo sauce or chinese fried shrimp ravioli.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Galena Cellars

On the nose the white wine of Winery Galena Cellars. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Galena Cellars

  • 0With an average score of 3.84/5

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

  • Viognier
  • Seyval Blanc
  • Riesling
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

The top pink wines of Winery Galena Cellars

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Galena Cellars

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

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Galena Cellars

  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5

The word of the wine: Character

Said of a typical wine that stands out for its originality. Used in the plural, it refers to all the organoleptic components of a wine (flavours and tactile sensations).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Galena Cellars

Planning a wine route in the of Illinois? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Galena Cellars.

Discover the grape variety: Maréchal Foch

Maréchal Foch noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It is a variety resulting from a cross of the same species (interspecific hybridization). 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 bunches and small grapes. The Maréchal Foch noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: Provence & Corsica, Rhône Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon.

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