The Winery Carrick of Central Otago of South Island

Winery Carrick
The winery offers 23 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 66 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Central Otago in the region of South Island

The Winery Carrick is one of the world's great estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in of Central Otago to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Carrick wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Carrick

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Carrick

How Winery Carrick wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of alsatian sauerkraut, couscous from the sea or sliced chicken with cream sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Carrick

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Carrick

  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.66/5

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

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

Discovering the wine region of Central Otago

The world's southernmost vineyard, jewel of New Zealand Pinot Noir. Intense, deep reds with signature notes of black cherry, ripe plum, violet, wild thyme and sweet spices, velvety tannins and a freshness kept taut by cold nights — a fleshy, sun-soaked style. Also ample Pinot Gris (pear, honey), dry and off-dry Riesling with lively citrus, precise Chardonnay. Vineyards between 200-450 m on schist soils, continental climate.

Sub-zones: Bannockburn, Gibbston.

The top red wines of Winery Carrick

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Carrick

How Winery Carrick wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of cabri en colombo with creole sauce, roast veal with mustard cream or rabbit stew the old fashioned way.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Carrick

On the nose the red wine of Winery Carrick. 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 red wine of Winery Carrick. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Carrick

  • 2007With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.75/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

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 pink wines of Winery Carrick

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Carrick

How Winery Carrick wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chicken breast with curry and mushrooms, meatloaf with lovage (perpetual celery) or roast deer my grandmother's way.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Carrick

  • 0With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Fleshy

Said of a wine that gives the impression of being dense and smooth, a bit like biting into the flesh of a ripe fruit.

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

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

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.