The Winery Capricorn of Hawke's Bay of North Island

Winery Capricorn
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 1713 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in Hawke's Bay in the region of North Island

The Winery Capricorn is one of the best wineries to follow in Hawke's Bay.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Hawke's Bay to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Capricorn wines

Looking for the best Winery Capricorn wines in Hawke's Bay among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Capricorn 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 Capricorn wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Capricorn

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Capricorn

How Winery Capricorn wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of chinese fondue, pasta with porcini mushrooms or white wine fondue.

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Hawke's Bay

The wine region of Hawke's Bay is located in the region of North Island of New Zealand. We currently count 274 estates and châteaux in the of Hawke's Bay, producing 1268 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Hawke's Bay go well with generally quite well with dishes .

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Capricorn

Planning a wine route in the of Hawke's Bay? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Capricorn.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Capricorn and wines from the region

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 ...

New Zealand wine producers begin harvest in the wake of cyclone destruction

Last week, Cyclone Gabrielle ripped through the North Island and left a trail of destruction in its wake. Eleven people were killed, dozens more were injured and around 10,000 were left homeless, according to early estimates. Prime minister Chris Hipkins called it the country’s ‘biggest natural disaster’ of the 21st century, and damages are estimated at NZ$13bn (£6.7 bn). Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne are New Zealand’s second and third largest wine producing regions respectively, yielding a combined ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Density per hectare

Number of vines per hectare. For the same yield, a vine planted with 3,000 vines per hectare bears many more bunches (per vine) than a vine planted with 10,000. The grapes will therefore be less rich in sugar and polyphenols (tannins, aromas...).