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 currywurst, quick salmon skewers or zucchini 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/north-island/northland">Northland, as its name suggests, is New Zealand's northernmost wine-producing region, around four hours' drive northwest of the country's largest city, Auckland. Most of the Northland region's wineries are situated on the east coast, particularly around the Bay of Islands and the Karikari Pensinula, with another cluster on the west coast near Kaitaia. The region's red wines are mostly produced from Syrah, Pinotage">Pinotage and the Hybrid variety Chambourcin. Chardonnay leads the way for white wine grape varieties; Pinot Gris, Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc are among the other varieties cultivated here.

Although Northland's contribution to the New Zealand wine industry is minuscule (in 2013, the region crushed 130 metric tonnes of grapes, compared to Marlborough's 250,000), it is important historically. The first vines were planted in the Bay of Islands in 1819, a Full 30 years before missionaries began planting in the Hawkes Bay. The founding father of viticulture in the Antipodes, James Busby, had a Vineyard at his house at Waitangi before going on to establish the Hunter Valley wine region in Australia. This Waitangi property is also where New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, was signed in 1840.

In the late 1800s, kauri-gum diggers from Croatia began to move into the area in search of fortune, bringing winemaking traditions from their homeland. While viticulture in the region has never been viable on a large scale, Northland's boutique wine industry is growing fast, with the Northland Wine Growers Association (formed in 2007) boasting a membership of more than 50. Northland's sub-tropical Climate is unique in New Zealand. Warm, humid summers and rainy winters are challenging for growers, who must employ careful vineyard techniques to avoid mildew and rot.

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 roast pork with pineapple, tanjia or wild boar stew marinated in red wine.

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: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

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 baeckeoffe with fish, quick crayfish chicken or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.

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: Wine library

Cellar in which are kept bottles that retrace the history of a domain, a vintage, an exceptional wine, etc., and which constitute a collection. It is also said of a place that offers a very wide choice of wines served by the glass. The oenotheques are more and more widespread in the living rooms opened to the public.

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 duck breast with black figs, chicken pie or wild boar stew.

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: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Ara

Planning a wine route in the of North Island? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Ara.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.