The Winery Bell Hill of Canterbury of South Island

Winery Bell Hill
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Canterbury in the region of South Island

The Winery Bell Hill is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Canterbury to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Bell Hill wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Bell Hill

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Bell Hill

How Winery Bell Hill wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of seven o'clock leg of lamb, slow-cooked veal roast or lamb chops marinated with herbs.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Bell Hill

On the nose the red wine of Winery Bell Hill. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of minerality, red fruit or forest floor. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Bell Hill. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Bell Hill

  • 2006With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.23/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.20/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Canterbury

East coast of New Zealand's South Island, temperate dry climate, clay-limestone and alluvial soils. Flagship sub-region: Waipara Valley. Signature Pinot Noir as red king: fine and silky with red cherry, raspberry, wild strawberry, undergrowth, violet and spice, fine tannins and elegant palate. Taut vibrant Riesling as star white (lime, green apple, blossom, kerosene with age), floral Pinot Gris, precise Chardonnay, lively Sauvignon.

Chiselled wines.

The top white wines of Winery Bell Hill

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Bell Hill

How Winery Bell Hill wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of croque-monsieur, tuna gratin or summer tuna quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Bell Hill

On the nose the white wine of Winery Bell Hill. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Bell Hill. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Bell Hill

  • 2017With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Chardonnay

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 noir

Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.