The Winery Luminous Hills of Yamhill-Carlton District of Oregon

Winery Luminous Hills - Pinot Noir
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 3 of the estates of Oregon.
It is located in Yamhill-Carlton District in the region of Oregon

The Winery Luminous Hills is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Yamhill-Carlton District to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Luminous Hills wines

Looking for the best Winery Luminous Hills wines in Yamhill-Carlton District among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Luminous Hills 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 Luminous Hills wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Luminous Hills

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Luminous Hills

How Winery Luminous Hills wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chicken, beef and lamb couscous (morocco), veal chop with mushrooms or rabbit with mustard in foil.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Luminous Hills

On the nose the red wine of Winery Luminous Hills. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, non oak or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, spices or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Luminous Hills. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Luminous Hills

  • 2013With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.13/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Yamhill-Carlton District

The wine region of Yamhill-Carlton District is located in the region of Willamette Valley of Oregon of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Soter Vineyards or the Domaine WillaKenzie Estate produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Yamhill-Carlton District are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Pinot gris, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Yamhill-Carlton District often reveals types of flavors of non oak, leather or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, cocoa or chocolate.

In the mouth of Yamhill-Carlton District is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 129 estates and châteaux in the of Yamhill-Carlton District, producing 286 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Yamhill-Carlton District go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

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Planning a wine route in the of Yamhill-Carlton District? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Luminous Hills.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

News about Winery Luminous Hills and wines from the region

New group promotes regenerative viticulture in climate battle

Launched at London fine wine club 67 Pall Mall on 28 March, the Regenerative Viticulture Foundation (RVF) is the brainchild of Stephen Cronk, owner of Maison Mirabeau in Provence. Cronk, who has seen extreme weather events ranging from exceptional frosts to the worst forest fires in living memory in the three years he has owned Mirabeau, feels that one of the most important ways we can fight climate change is through ‘unlearning’ current approaches to land stewardship. ‘This is a critical moment ...

Edmond de Rothschild Heritage purchases Central Otago winery Akarua

The deal includes 34.5ha under vine in the heart of the mountainous Bannockburn sub-region. It is mainly planted with Pinot Noir, but there are pockets of Chardonnay and Riesling too. Sir Clifford Skeggs, a Kiwi businesmman, and Lady Marie Skeggs purchased the land for Akarua in 1995, and planting began the following year. The first wines were bottled from the 1999 vintage. Akarua is now firmly established as one of the largest family-owned operations in Central Otago, and its 100% estate-grown ...

New Oregon wine appellation ‘Mount Pisgah’ is created

Oregon has got a 23rd AVA after ‘Mount Pisgah, Polk County, Oregon’ was created this month following approval from the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. Lying around 15 miles west of Salem, the new appellation zone sits within the broader Willamette Valley AVA. Its lengthy official name was created to prevent confusion with another Mount Pisgah, in Lane County. Morgen McLaughlin, executive director of the Willamette Valley Wineries Association, said it was an exciting development: ‘Th ...

The word of the wine: Primary (aromas)

Aromas characteristic of each grape variety, essentially fruity and floral.