The Winery Hat Ranch of Snake River Valley of Idaho

Winery Hat Ranch - Cabernet Franc
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 9 of the estates of Idaho.
It is located in Snake River Valley in the region of Idaho
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The Winery Hat Ranch is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Snake River Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Hat Ranch wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Hat Ranch

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Hat Ranch

How Winery Hat Ranch wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of simple baked roast beef, white cabbage with bacon or duck with vanilla (reunion island).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Hat Ranch

On the nose the red wine of Winery Hat Ranch. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, black fruit or oak.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Hat Ranch.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Moscato
  • Malbec
  • Petit Verdot
  • Tempranillo

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 Hat Ranch

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Hat Ranch

How Winery Hat Ranch wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of chicken pie, skate wing with shallots or carry camaron (gambas) from reunion.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Hat Ranch.

  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling
  • Muscat Ottonel

Discover the grape variety: Muscat Ottonel

Muscat Ottonel has the character of a grape variety with a distant lineage. It was first obtained in 1839 and continues to be planted in nearly 2,000 hectares of vineyards around the world. It shows good vigour and promises satisfactory production, of the order of 6 kilos per vine. The bunches, which are rather loose, are quite large, bearing berries with a strong character. A pleasantly musky flavour and a lot of juice characterize the pulp, protected by a medium skin. The bluish-black skin contributes to the exceptional beauty of the vineyards at harvest time. The size of the ellipsoidal berries is another argument in favor of Muscat Ottonel, which is also known as Muscat Ottone or Muscadet Ottonel. Resin, toast, honey and wild flowers are all present in the wines made from this variety. If the foliage, which turns yellow in autumn, is one of its charms, remember to protect the fruit from grey rot and coulure.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Hat Ranch

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 Hat Ranch.

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.

News about Winery Hat Ranch and wines from the region

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Vine trunks rise to meet climatic changes

While taller overall vines do exist in regions such as Galicia with their pergola training method, the roots of any vine usually top out at 37cm. It’s at this top point where the Vitis vinifera shoot is grafted in and continues to grow, giving us such grapes as Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay. This is opposed to the rootstocks which are composed of various crosses of vines such as Vitis rupestris which aren’t used for wine production but are resistant to the root louse, phylloxera. This new tal ...

The word of the wine: Severe

Said of a red wine that is generally young, very marked by tannins and astringent. See austere.

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