The Lynfred Winery of Illinois

Lynfred Winery
The winery offers 113 different wines
3.9
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 7 of the estates of Illinois.
It is located in Illinois
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The Lynfred Winery is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 113 wines for sale in of Illinois to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Lynfred Winery wines

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

The top red wines of Lynfred Winery

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Lynfred Winery

How Lynfred Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chili con carne, lamb with vermicelli or rabbit with prunes in my grandmother's style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Lynfred Winery

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Lynfred Winery

  • 1994With an average score of 5.00/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.04/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Petite Sirah
  • Merlot
  • Barbera
  • Black Muscat
  • Zinfandel

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 Lynfred Winery

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Lynfred Winery

How Lynfred Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of nanie's diced ham quiche, sophie's tuna cake or spinach and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Lynfred Winery

On the nose the white wine of Lynfred Winery. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices.

The best vintages in the white wines of Lynfred Winery

  • 2004With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Muscat Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Black Muscat

The top sweet wines of Lynfred Winery

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Lynfred Winery

How Lynfred Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of tuna provencal style, moroccan chicken tagine or quick chocolate fudge cake.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Lynfred Winery

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

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Lynfred Winery

  • 0With an average score of 3.81/5

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

  • Vidal Blanc
  • Gewürztraminer

The word of the wine: Peduncle

The stem of a flower or fruit.

The top pink wines of Lynfred Winery

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Lynfred Winery

How Lynfred Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of roast beef in a crust (onions & mustard), veal simmered with vegetables or home-made white pudding.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Lynfred Winery

  • 0With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Petite Sirah

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

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Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

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