The best wines of Adelaide Plains

Discover the best wines of Adelaide Plains of Australie du Sud as well as the best winemakers of Adelaide Plains and estates of Adelaide Plains to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Adelaide Plains and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Adelaide Plains by region

Looking for a good wine of Adelaide Plains of Australie du Sud among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Adelaide Plains. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Adelaide Plains with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Adelaide Plains

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Want to buy a red wine of Adelaide Plains cheap or sell a red wine of Adelaide Plains at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Adelaide Plains

Red wines from the region of Adelaide Plains go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or lamb such as recipes of beef goulash, endive salad with walnuts, comté cheese and bacon or semolina-merguez salad.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Adelaide Plains

On the nose the red wine of the region of Adelaide Plains. often reveals types of flavors of oak, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit or dried fruit. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Adelaide Plains. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in red wine of Adelaide Plains

  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.72/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Adelaide Plains

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Petit Verdot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Grenache
  • Sangiovese
  • Alicante Bouschet

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Adelaide Plains

A wine route planned in the region of Adelaide Plains? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Adelaide Plains.

Discovering the wine region of Adelaide Plains

The wine region of Adelaide Plains is located in the region of Mount Lofty Ranges of Australie du Sud of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Ceravolo or the Domaine Ceravolo produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Adelaide Plains are Sangiovese, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Petit Verdot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Adelaide Plains often reveals types of flavors of microbio, citrus fruit or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of oak, non oak or earth.

In the mouth of Adelaide Plains is a powerful. We currently count 10 estates and châteaux in the of Adelaide Plains, producing 27 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Adelaide Plains go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or lamb.

Great white wines of Adelaide Plains

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Adelaide Plains

White wines from the region of Adelaide Plains go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of pike dumplings with shrimp sauce, ham and comté quiche or alex's salmon and goat cheese omelette.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Adelaide Plains

On the nose the white wine of the region of Adelaide Plains. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, citrus fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Adelaide Plains. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in white wine of Adelaide Plains

  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 2.90/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Adelaide Plains

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Sémillon

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.

Great pink wines of Adelaide Plains

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Adelaide Plains

Pink wines from the region of Adelaide Plains go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of baked marrow bones, veal meatballs with curry or oven roasted rabbit that cooks itself!.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Adelaide Plains

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Adelaide Plains. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Adelaide Plains

  • Alicante Bouschet
  • Sangiovese

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. 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 medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Great sweet wines of Adelaide Plains

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Adelaide Plains

Sweet wines from the region of Adelaide Plains go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of express veal stew in a pressure cooker, oven-baked lamb stew or rabbit with leeks.

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Adelaide Plains

  • Shiraz/Syrah

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News from the vineyard of Adelaide Plains

Courvoisier Mizunara: the launch of a collaborative Cognac

Described by Courvoisier as ‘daring’, ‘visionary’ and ‘a first-of-its-kind collaboration’, Courvoisier Mizunara was created by the house’s recently-retired maître de chai, Patrice Pinet, and Shinji Fukuyo, chief blender of Japanese whisky maker Suntory. The project dates back to 2015, when the president of Suntory visited Courvoisier at Jarnac shortly after Suntory took over Beam Global, the Cognac house’s then owner, in a deal worth US$16bn. Pinet expressed an interest in experimenting with miz ...

Join us for our first Decanter Taste With The Experts event

For the first time ever, Decanter is offering readers and wine lovers alike the chance to see behind the scenes of our renowned panel tastings and experience first hand what it means to taste like an expert. Decanter’s panel tastings are one of the most rigorous exercises in blind tasting, where a panel of three experts taste and score up to 100 wines a day, based on criteria set by the Decanter editorial team. We’re delighted to announced that this autumn will see the start of our n ...

Police seize counterfeit Penfolds wines in China

Police raids in Jiangsu province uncovered more than 8,000 bottles of counterfeit Penfolds wines as part of a larger anti-fraud investigation spanning several regions of China, reported the Vino-Joy publication, citing local media. A workshop suspected of producing imitation Penfolds wines was also discovered, alongside and tens of thousands of other items, from packaging to trademark logos. Six people were arrested, the publication said. Australia’s Penfolds has a long-standing and strong reput ...