The Winery Hillsborough of Virginia

Winery Hillsborough
The winery offers 19 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 522 of the estates of Virginia.
It is located in Virginia
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The Winery Hillsborough is one of the best wineries to follow in Virginie.. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Virginia to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Hillsborough wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Hillsborough

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Hillsborough

How Winery Hillsborough wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or lamb such as recipes of beef coarse salt, cheese cromesquis or moroccan lamb stew.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Hillsborough

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Hillsborough

  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.54/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Tannat
  • Petit Verdot
  • Fer Servadou
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Virginia

Virginia is a state on the eastern seaboard of the United States, located immediately South of Maryland and North of the Carolinas. The state covers 42,750 square miles (110,750 km2) of mountains, valleys and the Atlantic coastal Complex that forms its eastern border. From the Cumberland and Blue Ridge Mountains in the west to the coastal creeks and estuaries in the east, Virginia's topography and geology are varied, to say the least. The landscape around the Chesapeake Bay - a vast coastal inlet that separates the main state from its Eastern Shore - could hardly be more different from that below Mt Rogers (1,750m), 480km to the west.

The Shenandoah Valley is the largest AVA in the country. It stretches for 240 km at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the natural boundary that separates Virginia from West Virginia. The Monticello AVA is the oldest, formed in February 1984 and located around Charlottesville in Central Virginia. It has the honor of being the home of Thomas Jefferson, his extensive French wine collection and the state's first winery.

The top white wines of Winery Hillsborough

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Hillsborough

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

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Hillsborough

On the nose the white wine of Winery Hillsborough. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, earth or floral and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Hillsborough

  • 0With an average score of 3.33/5

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

  • Roussanne
  • Petit Manseng

Discover the grape variety: Roussanne

Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

The top pink wines of Winery Hillsborough

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Hillsborough

How Winery Hillsborough wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of beef goulash, alice's rabbit or quinoa parmentier and pumpkin purée.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Hillsborough

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Hillsborough. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Hillsborough

  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Tannat
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot
  • Petit Manseng

The word of the wine: Viscosity

Consistency of wine reminiscent of the tactile sensation of sugar syrup with varying degrees of fluidity, due to the alcohol and natural sugar in the grapes present in sweet wines. In excess, this sensation can make the wine pasty and heavy. To the eye, viscosity is referred to as tears.

The top sweet wines of Winery Hillsborough

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Hillsborough

How Winery Hillsborough wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of beef carrots, the garbure or mussels with bleu de bresse.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Hillsborough

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Hillsborough. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Hillsborough

  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Fer

Fer or Fer Servadou, which means "easy to keep" in Occitan, or Mansois in Aveyron or Braucol in Gaillac, is a black grape variety grown in the southwest. It owes its name to its shoots and wood, which are "hard as iron", with medium-sized bunches and firm, juicy berries, and is characterized by its herbaceous taste (which is also found in Cabernet Franc). Iron is a grape variety resistant to frost and disease. Its buds come out late, but its growth accelerates and it matures quite quickly. For a good production, it prefers long pruning. Iron is used alone for the AOC Marcillac wines and in blends for the wines of the Gaillac, Madiran, Béarn and Fronton appellations. These wines have a deep colour, expressive tannins, they are round and fruity (blackcurrant, raspberry and green pepper...)

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Hillsborough

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

Discover the grape variety: Tannat

Tannat is a red grape variety from Béarn which belongs to the cotoïdes family. Present in several vineyards of France, it occupies nearly 3,000 ha. Its leaves are reddish with tan patches. Its bunches are either of normal size or larger. Its berries have a thin skin and are rounded. Its foliage has a swarthy appearance. This variety must be pruned long because it is vigorous. It likes sandy and gravelly soils. Tannat is often exposed to leafhoppers and mites. It is also somewhat susceptible to grey rot. It has 11 approved clones, including 474, 717 and 794. Once mature, this variety produces acidic, fruity, tannic, acidic and full-bodied wines. Various aromas emerge, notably tobacco, cinnamon and exotic wood. Tannat is rarely used alone. It is combined with iron-servadou to obtain a fruitier taste or with cabernet sauvignon to be more rounded.