The Winery Palatine Hills Estate of Niagara Peninsula of Ontario

Winery Palatine Hills Estate
The winery offers 30 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 233 of the estates of Ontario.
It is located in Niagara Peninsula in the region of Ontario

The Winery Palatine Hills Estate is one of the best wineries to follow in Niagara Peninsula.. It offers 30 wines for sale in of Niagara Peninsula to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Palatine Hills Estate wines

Looking for the best Winery Palatine Hills Estate wines in Niagara Peninsula among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Palatine Hills Estate 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 Palatine Hills Estate wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Palatine Hills Estate

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Palatine Hills Estate

How Winery Palatine Hills Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sautéed pork with pineapple, lamb breast with onions and tomato sauce or salmon and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Palatine Hills Estate

On the nose the red wine of Winery Palatine Hills Estate. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, raspberry or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Palatine Hills Estate. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Palatine Hills Estate

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.68/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Niagara Peninsula

Niagara Peninsula is the largest and most productive viticultural area in Canada, located on the Southern shores of Lake Ontario. It stretches roughly 55km (35 miles) between the eastern limits of Hamilton city in the west and the left bank of the Niagara River as it flows into Lake Ontario. The VQA covers over 13,000 acres (5,200 hectares) oand produces mainly cool Climate varieties such as Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc. It also produces a large Volume of ice wine.

Indeed, 90 percent of Canada's ice wine is made here, which makes the region the biggest producer of the style on earth. Needless to say, most other styles of wine are covered in Niagara Peninsula, from rosé and Sparkling wines, to Central-ranges/orange">Orange wines and Pét-nats (Pétillant naturels). The region boasts nearly 100 wineries, producing over 10 million litres of wine annually. The geographical Niagara Peninsula appears within the strip of land that runs west-to-east between Lake Ontario in the North and Lake Erie in the south.

The "peninsula" is formed by the Niagara River that flows northwards, between the two lakes. The river also marks the international boundary between Ontario, Canada and the US state of New York. The viticultural zone is confined to the northern half of the Peninsula, however, between the southern shore of Lake Ontario and the land just south of the Niagara Escarpment. The Escarpment, a 650-mile-long (1050km) limestone ridge that runs from upstate New York through the Great Lakes region, has a profound effect on the Terroir here.

The top white wines of Winery Palatine Hills Estate

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Palatine Hills Estate

How Winery Palatine Hills Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of baked bread (tomato, mushroom, ham, cheese), bacalhau a bras (portuguese cod) or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Palatine Hills Estate

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Palatine Hills Estate

  • 2012With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Palatine Hills Estate.

  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Vidal
  • Pinot Gris
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

The top sweet wines of Winery Palatine Hills Estate

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Palatine Hills Estate

How Winery Palatine Hills Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef with balsamic sauce, shoulder of lamb stuffed with cognac or keftas tajine with eggs.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Palatine Hills Estate

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Palatine Hills Estate. often reveals types of flavors of earth, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Palatine Hills Estate

  • 2012With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Palatine Hills Estate.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Vidal

The word of the wine: Smoked white

See sauvignon.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Palatine Hills Estate

Planning a wine route in the of Niagara Peninsula? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Palatine Hills Estate.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Winery Palatine Hills Estate and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Uchizy

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Uchizy, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Burgy

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Burgy, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/ ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Igé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Igé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​ ...

The word of the wine: Smoked white

See sauvignon.