The Winery Purgatory of Illinois

Winery Purgatory
The winery offers 35 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 114 of the estates of Illinois.
It is located in Illinois

The Winery Purgatory is one of the best wineries to follow in Illinois.. It offers 35 wines for sale in of Illinois to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Purgatory wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Purgatory

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Purgatory

How Winery Purgatory wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of monkfish (anglerfish) à la sétoise, flemish carbonnade or rabbit legs with fresh cream.

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

  • Petite Sirah
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Primitivo

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 Winery Purgatory

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Purgatory

How Winery Purgatory wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of mexican salad with spicy dressing, chipirons / squids with tomato (basque country) or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

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

  • Riesling
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Purgatory

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Purgatory

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

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Purgatory

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Purgatory. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit.

The word of the wine: Dried

Said of a worn out red wine lacking flesh and volume.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Purgatory

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

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

News about Winery Purgatory and wines from the region

EU grants member states the right to use resistant hybrid varieties in appellation wines

Following a recent modification of EU rules, member states are now allowed to employ resistant varieties in the production of wines with protected denominations of origin (PDO). The decision, published last week in the Official Journal of the European Union, is part of a wider revision of previous regulations that established common quality schemes, organisation of the market, definitions, descriptions, presentations, and labelling of European agricultural products and foodstuffs. Before the ann ...

Freixenet Copestick acquires Bolney Wine Estate

One the pioneering English wine estates, Bolney has a portfolio of sparkling and still wines that have won several awards. It was founded in 1972 by Janet and Rodney Pratt and is now run by their daughter, and winemaker, Sam Linter. Commenting on the acquisition, Freixenet Copestick — the UK and Ireland arm of Henkell Freixenet — said it was sure it had found ‘the perfect winery’. MD Robin Copestick said: ‘The sparkling wines are excellent and the business is excellently run by Sam Linter.’ ...

Decanter New York Fine Wine Encounter masterclass: Brunello di Montalcino 2013

Contrary to the current trend in Italy, Montalcino shows no signs of officially designating subzones or specific crus. Yet variations in exposure, altitude and soil make for myriad expressions, even before taking winemaking into account. At Decanter’s first-ever Fine Wine Encounter in New York City, Brunello di Montalcino owned the final masterclass slot of the day. Ten wines from 2013 were carefully selected to discuss the diversity that exists within this revered region. Scroll down to see tas ...

The word of the wine: Dried

Said of a worn out red wine lacking flesh and volume.

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