The Winery Ara of North Island

Winery Ara
The winery offers 29 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the ARA Wines.
It is ranked in the top 186 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in North Island

The Winery Ara is one of the best wineries to follow in North Island.. It offers 29 wines for sale in of North Island to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Ara wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Ara

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Ara

How Winery Ara wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of chicken drumstick with bacon, lemon and tuna risotto or nanie's diced ham quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Ara

On the nose the white wine of Winery Ara. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, citrus or butter and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, pear or non oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Ara. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Ara

  • 2015With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.83/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Pinot Gris
  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of North Island

New Zealand's North Island, warmer and more varied than the South Island. Bordeaux varieties and Pinot Noir as signatures. Merlot in Hawke's Bay as a supple red with notes of plum, ripe cherry, fresh herbs and a spicy touch, round tannins — blended with Cabernet and peppery Syrah. Fine Pinot Noir in Wairarapa/Martinborough (cherry, undergrowth).

Ample Chardonnay in Gisborne ('Chardonnay capital'), taut Sauvignon, floral Pinot Gris. Maritime temperate climate. Varied vineyard.

The top red wines of Winery Ara

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Ara

How Winery Ara wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of vegetable noddles, old-fashioned pork roll or leg of wild boar.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Ara

On the nose the red wine of Winery Ara. often reveals types of flavors of earth, red fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Ara. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Ara

  • 2017With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.55/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Ara

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Ara

How Winery Ara wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of tuna gratin, mussels spanish style or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Ara

  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Ara.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Filling

Gentle transfer from one barrel to another to oxygenate the wine, eliminate some of the lees and reduce the carbon dioxide (fizz) that was released during the fermentations.

The top pink wines of Winery Ara

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Ara

How Winery Ara wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tournedos with boursin, pan-fried black pudding with apples or saddle of hare jura style.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Ara

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Ara. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Ara

  • 0With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Ara.

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

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Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris

Rich, ample whites with a golden robe, showing aromas of pear, quince, honey, smoke, ginger and spice. Made as structured dry wines (Alsace AOC), off-dry and sumptuous late-harvest sweet (vendange tardive, sélection de grains nobles). Lighter and crisper in Italy as Pinot Grigio (Veneto, Friuli). Also in Germany (Grauburgunder), Hungary (Szürkebarát) and Oregon. A grey mutation of Pinot Noir.