The Winery Big Head of Niagara Peninsula of Ontario

Winery Big Head
The winery offers 49 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 21 of the estates of Ontario.
It is located in Niagara Peninsula in the region of Ontario

The Winery Big Head is one of the world's great estates. It offers 49 wines for sale in of Niagara Peninsula to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Big Head wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Big Head

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Big Head

How Winery Big Head wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef in a foie gras and chanterelle crust, chakchouka or garbure landaise.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Big Head

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Big Head

  • 2012With an average score of 4.49/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.27/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.06/5

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

  • Petit Verdot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinot Noir
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Niagara Peninsula

World reference for Icewine: concentrated sweet wines from grapes frozen on the vine, golden colour, signature notes of candied apricot, mango, honey, citrus and exotic fruit, high sugar balanced by lively acidity. 90% of Canadian Icewine (Vidal for fruit, Riesling for finesse). Cool-climate still wines: mineral Riesling, precise Chardonnay, fine Pinot Noir, peppery Cabernet Franc. Southern shores of Lake Ontario.

VQA, 5,200 ha.

The top white wines of Winery Big Head

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Big Head

How Winery Big Head wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of flamenkuche express, irish tartiflette or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Big Head

On the nose the white wine of Winery Big Head. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Big Head. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Big Head

  • 2017With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.99/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Riesling
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Pinot Gris
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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 sweet wines of Winery Big Head

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Big Head

How Winery Big Head wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of quick paella, fish with spices and orange juice or the coughing cat's apple crumble.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Big Head

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Big Head. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Big Head

  • 2014With an average score of 4.21/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.94/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Big Head.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Vidal

The word of the wine: Red winemaking

Transformation of grapes into must and wine under the effect of alcoholic fermentation. The vinification of red wines takes place in several stages: destemming, crushing, alcoholic fermentation, vatting, running off and maturing.

The top pink wines of Winery Big Head

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Big Head

How Winery Big Head wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of oxtail and carrot stew, meatloaf with lovage (perpetual celery) or wild boar, roe deer or doe leg.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Big Head

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Big Head. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Big Head

  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinot Gris

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Full-bodied, exotic whites, rich and heady, with moderate acidity, showing opulent aromas of lychee, rose, mango, ginger, pink grapefruit and gentle spice. Made as aromatic dry, moelleux late-harvest and liquorous sélection de grains nobles. Star of Alsace AOC (one of the four noble varieties) and signature of Alto Adige (Tramin), Palatinate and Germany. A pink mutation of Traminer.

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Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.