The Winery Armstead of Heathcote of Victoria

Winery Armstead - Heathcote Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 175 of the estates of Victoria.
It is located in Heathcote in the region of Victoria

The Winery Armstead is one of the best wineries to follow in Heathcote.. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Heathcote to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Armstead wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Armstead

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Armstead

How Winery Armstead wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of quick beef bourguignon, shoulder of lamb in a crust or quick coconut milk chicken.

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Heathcote

The wine region of Heathcote is located in the region of Central Victoria of Victoria of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Wild Duck Creek Estate or the Domaine Wild Duck Creek Estate produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Heathcote are Cabernet franc, Malbec and Vermentino, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Heathcote often reveals types of flavors of cream, cigar or forest floor and sometimes also flavors of aniseed, pencil shavings or dried fruit.

In the mouth of Heathcote is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 231 estates and châteaux in the of Heathcote, producing 580 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Heathcote go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top white wines of Winery Armstead

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Armstead

How Winery Armstead wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork or shellfish such as recipes of chicken bonne femme or monkfish tail with coconut milk and curry.

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

  • Marsanne

The top sparkling wines of Winery Armstead

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Armstead

How Winery Armstead wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of quick beef bourguignon, blanquette of lamb or thai green curry.

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Rough

Wine without finesse with rough tannins.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Armstead

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

Discover the grape variety: Arriloba

The white Arriloba is a grape variety that originated in . 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 is characterized by medium-sized bunches and small grapes. White Arriloba can be found in several vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Armagnac.

News about Winery Armstead and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Hitting the right note

Last year, there was much mirth on wine Twitter about a particularly excruciating tasting note. You’re right. The wine trade needs to get out more. But still… this one was a beauty. It began well enough – really quite beautiful, in fact. But before long the imaginative descriptions were getting more ornate and strained. It moved from poetic to meaningless before finishing with a reference to Burnt Norton – the first of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets – that put it firmly in Private Eye magazine’s ...

Top Australian winery Giant Steps gets new head winemaker

Australia’s Giant Steps said that Melanie Chester joined the winery as head of winemaking and viticulture on 25 November. It marks a new chapter for one of the leading wineries in Yarra Valley, Victoria. Steve Flamsteed, who joined Giant Steps as chief winemaker in 2003, will step back from the cellar – although he is expected to continue working closely with the team. Working alongside winery founder Phil Sexton, Flamsteed has played a major role in developing Giant Steps’ reputation for excell ...

The word of the wine: Rough

Wine without finesse with rough tannins.