Top 100 wines of Adelaide Hills - Page 7

Discover the top 100 best wines of Adelaide Hills of Mount Lofty Ranges as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Adelaide Hills and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Adelaide Hills

The wine region of Adelaide Hills is located in the region of Mount Lofty Ranges of Australie du Sud of Australia. We currently count 491 estates and châteaux in the of Adelaide Hills, producing 1814 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Adelaide Hills go well with generally quite well with dishes .

Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel

From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Adelaide Hills

wines from the region of Adelaide Hills go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef strogonoff, couscous without couscous maker or conejo al ajillo (spain).

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Adelaide Hills

On the nose in the region of Adelaide Hills often reveals types of flavors of microbio, vegetal or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of cherry, plum or non oak. In the mouth in the region of Adelaide Hills is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Top wines in regions and sub-regions of Adelaide Hills