The Black Estate is one of the world's great estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in of Canterbury to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Black Estate wines in Canterbury among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Black Estate 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 Black Estate wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Black Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of family potluck, roast veal grand-mère madou or roast doe in the oven.
On the nose the red wine of Black Estate. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of pepper, earth or vegetal. In the mouth the red wine of Black Estate. is a with a nice freshness.
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.
How Black Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of cassoulet of yesteryear, summer tuna quiche or nanie's diced ham quiche.
On the nose the white wine of Black Estate. often reveals types of flavors of stone, honey or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Black Estate. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Crystalline, taut whites with vibrant acidity and aromas of citrus, green apple, white flowers, vineyard peach and mineral/petrol notes with age. Made as dry (Trocken, Alsace), off-dry (Kabinett, Spätlese) and sweet (Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, late harvest). Star of the Moselle, Rheingau, Alsace AOC and Wachau. Also exported to Clare Valley and Finger Lakes.
How Black Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of millet with gruyere cheese, veal shank with mushrooms or stuffed round zucchini.
On the nose the pink wine of Black Estate. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, microbio or black fruit.
First impressions perceived after the wine is put in the mouth.
How Black Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of milanese osso buco, north welsch or garbure landaise.
On the nose the sparkling wine of Black Estate. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.
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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Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.
