The Winery Horton of Orange County of Virginia

Winery Horton
The winery offers 69 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 94 of the estates of Virginia.
It is located in Orange County in the region of Virginia
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The Winery Horton is one of the world's great estates. It offers 69 wines for sale in of Orange County to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Horton wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Horton

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Horton

How Winery Horton wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of homemade burger, hard-boiled eggs and gourmet muffins or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Horton

On the nose the white wine of Winery Horton. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, tropical fruit or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Horton

  • 2014With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.47/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Albariño
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Niagara
  • Petit Manseng

Discovering the wine region of Orange County

The wine region of Orange County is located in the region of Virginia of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Horton or the Domaine Horton produce mainly wines red, white and natural sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Orange County are Cabernet franc, Touriga nacional and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Orange County often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or spices.

We currently count 1 estates and châteaux in the of Orange County, producing 22 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Orange County go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish.

The top red wines of Winery Horton

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Horton

How Winery Horton wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or pork such as recipes of authentic bolognese sauce (ragù di carne), phonsounette (potatoes with melted saint nectaire cheese) or potjevleesch.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Horton

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Horton

  • 2008With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Touriga Nacional
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Mourvedre
  • Norton
  • Merlot

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 Horton

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Horton

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

The word of the wine: Champagne rosé

Often obtained by adding red wines (from Champagne), it is even the only vineyard where this practice is allowed. Some producers prefer the practice used in other regions, i.e. a short maceration to extract sufficient colouring matter. This results in winey rosés for meals. Elegant aperitif rosé is more often made from red wine coloured Chardonnay. Rosés can be vintage or non vintage.

The top sweet wines of Winery Horton

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Horton

How Winery Horton wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of wild boar with honey, traditional tagine (morocco) or pakistani rice (biryani).

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Horton

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Horton. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Horton

  • 2008With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Concord
  • Rkatsiteli
  • Vidal Blanc
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Norton
  • Touriga Nacional

Discover the grape variety: Concord

It is the result of a seedling planted in the United States, around 1840, recovered near the Concord River, a small river located east of Massachusetts. According to genetic analysis, it is an interspecific cross between the catawba and a vitis labrusca. Concord was for a long time the main variety cultivated in North America. It was introduced into Europe at the beginning of the 19th century, in France at the beginning of the phylloxera crisis, but was not widely propagated. It could be found in the Valleraugue region (Gard) at the foot of Mont Aigoual, in the Ardèche (our photos), etc. Today, it exists only as an isolated strain that can sometimes be found on the edge of a slope, which was our case. Through various and numerous crosses, it has been used to obtain some rootstocks and direct producer hybrids, which have now almost all disappeared.

The top natural sweet wines of Winery Horton

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Winery Horton

How Winery Horton wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of braciola (southern italy) or croque monsieur and comté cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of natural sweet wines of Winery Horton

On the nose the natural sweet wine of Winery Horton. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, red fruit or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit.

The best vintages in the natural sweet wines of Winery Horton

  • 2001With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Touriga Nacional
  • Tinto Cao

The word of the wine: Ventilate

Expose the wine to the air before serving, to allow it to open up more, to develop its aromas and to round out its tannins.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Horton

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

    Discover the grape variety: Petit Manseng

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    The word of the wine: Champagne rosé

    Often obtained by adding red wines (from Champagne), it is even the only vineyard where this practice is allowed. Some producers prefer the practice used in other regions, i.e. a short maceration to extract sufficient colouring matter. This results in winey rosés for meals. Elegant aperitif rosé is more often made from red wine coloured Chardonnay. Rosés can be vintage or non vintage.