The Winery Ascension of Matakana of North Island

Winery Ascension - The Rogue Flora
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 2 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in Matakana in the region of North Island

The Winery Ascension is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Matakana to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Ascension wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Ascension

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Ascension

How Winery Ascension wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef stew provencal style, pasta with basil or pumpkin parmentier hash.

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

  • Flora
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Matakana

The wine region of Matakana is located in the region of Auckland of North Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Providence or the Domaine Heron's Flight produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Matakana are Malbec, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Matakana often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

In the mouth of Matakana is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 11 estates and châteaux in the of Matakana, producing 33 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Matakana go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.

The top white wines of Winery Ascension

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Ascension

How Winery Ascension wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of ham with leek fondue, rabbit and mushroom gibelotte or mussels spanish style.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Ascension

On the nose the white wine of Winery Ascension. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, floral.

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

  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Ascension

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

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.

News about Winery Ascension and wines from the region

Scapegrace to build £13m distillery in Central Otago

The Scapegrace team claims it will be New Zealand’s largest ever distillery when it is fully completed in October 2023. It will eventually produce all of Scapegrace’s award-winning gins and vodkas, along with its soon-to-be-released single malt whisky. The company plans to expand into other spirits categories further down the line too. Managing director Daniel McLaughlin said that the climate and water quality in Central Otago – which is famed for its Pinot Noir – make the region ideal for produ ...

American whiskey becomes most valuable auction sale of its kind

The Sotheby’s New York sale of Bourbon and Rye Whiskey, held at the weekend, combined two significant collections of American whiskey, with almost 100% of lots sold and 75% of them selling for above their pre-sale high estimates. The top spot for the most expensive lot in the auction went to a bottle of LeNell’s Red Hook Rye 24 Year Old Barrell #4, which sold for $43,750, double its pre-sale high estimate and making it the joint most valuable bottle of rye whiskey ever sold at auction. The sum w ...

The power of music: How Brahms might make your wine taste better

There’s a reason why heavily-applied perfume ranks highly on most wine lovers’ list of pet peeves. It overpowers your senses, conceals aromas and distorts your perception of a wine. In professional tastings and wine exams the wearing of perfume is banned, if not thoroughly frowned upon. You just don’t do it. What then, if we applied the same logic to music, controlling the sounds we hear, or don’t hear, while tasting wine? There’s no doubt that a chaotic environment can clog your synapses, makin ...

The word of the wine: Malic (acid)

An acid that occurs naturally in many wines and is transformed into lactic acid during malolactic fermentation.

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