The The Winery at Bull Run of Virginia

The Winery at Bull Run
The winery offers 36 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 88 of the estates of Virginia.
It is located in Virginia

The The Winery at Bull Run is one of the world's great estates. It offers 36 wines for sale in of Virginia to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top The Winery at Bull Run wines

Looking for the best The Winery at Bull Run wines in Virginia among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent The Winery at Bull Run 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 The Winery at Bull Run wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of The Winery at Bull Run

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of The Winery at Bull Run

How The Winery at Bull Run wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison), spicy food or beef such as recipes of duck breast with red fruits, coconut chicken à la bellevilloise or melt-in-the-mouth pork tenderloin casserole.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of The Winery at Bull Run

On the nose the red wine of The Winery at Bull Run. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, microbio or black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of The Winery at Bull Run

  • 2012With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of The Winery at Bull Run.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petit Verdot
  • Chambourcin
  • Norton

Discovering the wine region of Virginia

Quality pole of the American east coast, unique signature in Viognier: ample, fragrant whites with notes of apricot, white peach, honey and flowers, silky on the palate. Cabernet Franc star in red, fine and fresh (raspberry, ripe pepper, spices). Also dense Petit Verdot, round Merlot, balanced Chardonnay, Vidal Blanc and native Norton. Humid continental climate tempered by the Appalachians, 8 AVAs (Monticello, Shenandoah).

Wine heritage of Thomas Jefferson.

The top white wines of The Winery at Bull Run

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of The Winery at Bull Run

How The Winery at Bull Run wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of quiche lorraine, fish balls or zucchini quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of The Winery at Bull Run

On the nose the white wine of The Winery at Bull Run. 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 The Winery at Bull Run

  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.66/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of The Winery at Bull Run.

  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling
  • Viognier
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Petit Manseng
  • Pinot Gris

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.

The top pink wines of The Winery at Bull Run

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of The Winery at Bull Run

How The Winery at Bull Run wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison) or spicy food such as recipes of venison stew to be prepared the day before or pastilla with chicken (moroccan pie with brick sheets).

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of The Winery at Bull Run

On the nose the pink wine of The Winery at Bull Run. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of The Winery at Bull Run

  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.17/5
  • 2018With an average score of 2.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of The Winery at Bull Run.

  • Chambourcin

The word of the wine: Mercaptan

Organic compound resulting from the combination of alcohol and sulphide (H2S) producing an unpleasant odour reminiscent of town gas and rotten eggs.

The top sweet wines of The Winery at Bull Run

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of The Winery at Bull Run

How The Winery at Bull Run wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison) or spicy food such as recipes of roast doe in the oven or chicken leg with curry in the oven.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of The Winery at Bull Run

On the nose the sweet wine of The Winery at Bull Run. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or red fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of The Winery at Bull Run

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of The Winery at Bull Run.

  • Chambourcin

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

Crystalline, taut whites with vibrant acidity and aromas of citrus, green apple, white flowers, vineyard peach and mineral/petrol notes with age. Made as dry (Trocken, Alsace), off-dry (Kabinett, Spätlese) and sweet (Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, late harvest). Star of the Moselle, Rheingau, Alsace AOC and Wachau. Also exported to Clare Valley and Finger Lakes.

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Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.