Wines made from Malbec grapes of Auckland
Discover the best wines made with Malbec as a single variety or as a blend of Auckland.
More informations about the 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.
More informations about the region of North Island
The wine region of Auckland is located in the region of North Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Puriri Hills or the Domaine Puriri Hills produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Auckland are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Auckland often reveals types of flavors of apples, plum or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, black fruit or baking spice.
What are the typical flavors of the Malbec grape variety?
- Black fruitPresent in 8% of Malbec
- OakPresent in 7% of Malbec
- EarthPresent in 6% of Malbec
- Non oakPresent in 5% of Malbec
- SpicesPresent in 5% of Malbec
- Red fruitPresent in 4% of Malbec
- MicrobioPresent in 2% of Malbec
- VegetalPresent in 2% of Malbec
- FloralPresent in 2% of Malbec
- Dried fruitPresent in 1% of Malbec
- CherryPresent in 1% of Malbec
- OakyPresent in 1% of Malbec
- SmokePresent in 1% of Malbec
- EarthyPresent in 1% of Malbec
- BlackberryPresent in 1% of Malbec
- Red fruitPresent in 1% of Malbec
- Forest floorPresent in 1% of Malbec
- PlumPresent in 1% of Malbec
- LeatherPresent in 1% of Malbec
- RaspberryPresent in 1% of Malbec