The Winery Nighthawk Vineyards of Okanagan Valley of British Columbia

Winery Nighthawk Vineyards - Cabernet Franc
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 335 of the estates of British Columbia.
It is located in Okanagan Valley in the region of British Columbia

The Winery Nighthawk Vineyards is one of the best wineries to follow in Okanagan Valley.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Okanagan Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Nighthawk Vineyards wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Nighthawk Vineyards

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Nighthawk Vineyards

How Winery Nighthawk Vineyards wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of baeckeoffe, beef carrots or auvergne potée.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Nighthawk Vineyards

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Nighthawk Vineyards

  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.18/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Okanagan Valley

The Okanagan Valley is one of six Designated Viticultural Areas in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The DryClimate in this "pocket desert" produces some unique wines made from Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Riesling, Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and Chardonnay. There is now an almost even split between white and red grapes planted, with Merlot the most common variety. Ice wine can be produced in the Okanagan Valley but the necessary temperatures are not as consistent as on the east coast, where the winters are much colder.

The DVA produces more than 80 percent of the province's output and is the second most prolific wine region in Canada, behind Ontario's Niagara Peninsula. There are around 185 licensed grape wineries and 3,575 hectares (8,830 acres) of vineyards. The Long, narrow Okanagan Valley runs for around 210 kilometers (130 miles) from the Northern town of Salmon Arm to the border of the United States in the South. Much of the viticulture occurs in the Center of the region on the shores of Lake Okanagan, from which the area takes its name.

The Okanagan river then flows south into the US state of Washington, where it converges with the viticulturally significant Columbia River (home to the extensive Columbia Valley AVA). The river is spelled Okonogan in the United States. Unlike in the fragmented Niagara Peninsula appellation, the Okanagan Valley forms just one designated viticultural area. However, the diversity of Terroir here means there are a number of subregions within it.

The top white wines of Winery Nighthawk Vineyards

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Nighthawk Vineyards

How Winery Nighthawk Vineyards wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of capellini with prosciutto, grilled sardine fillets or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Nighthawk Vineyards

On the nose the white wine of Winery Nighthawk Vineyards. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Nighthawk Vineyards. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Nighthawk Vineyards

  • 2015With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Gewürztraminer

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.

The top sweet wines of Winery Nighthawk Vineyards

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Nighthawk Vineyards

How Winery Nighthawk Vineyards 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 fresh salmon risotto, chicken risotto with curry or pancakes.

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

  • Gewürztraminer

The word of the wine: Mouth

The mouth is the third stage of wine tasting after the eye and nose. In the mouth, the taster identifies the aromas through the retronasal route, the flavours and the texture. It is in the mouth that the overall balance of the wine is apprehended.

The top pink wines of Winery Nighthawk Vineyards

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Nighthawk Vineyards

How Winery Nighthawk Vineyards wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pasta with veal stock sauce, pasta carbonara almost like the real thing or baked leg of daguet or roe deer.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Nighthawk Vineyards

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

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Nighthawk Vineyards

  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. 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 vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Nighthawk Vineyards

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

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.

News about Winery Nighthawk Vineyards and wines from the region

More must-taste wines selected by Decanter’s Regional Editors for DFWE NYC

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Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘2021 has been the year of all the miseries’

How’s the weather been this year? Awful. ‘La nature m’écoeure’, one of my wine-growing friends posted on Facebook on 8 April, having been out to look at the frost-crippled shoots on his vines that morning: ‘Nature disgusts me’. It takes a lot to make a wine-grower feel that. He wasn’t alone. Jeremiads echo around the northern hemisphere as 2021 closes. It’s been the year of all the miseries. None suffered more horribly than the growers of Germany’s Ahr valley, where floodwaters caused by the fou ...

The word of the wine: Mouth

The mouth is the third stage of wine tasting after the eye and nose. In the mouth, the taster identifies the aromas through the retronasal route, the flavours and the texture. It is in the mouth that the overall balance of the wine is apprehended.