The Winery Ceres of Central Otago of South Island

Winery Ceres
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 72 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Central Otago in the region of South Island

The Winery Ceres is one of the world's great estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Central Otago to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Ceres wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Ceres

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Ceres

How Winery Ceres wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of home-made white pudding, chipirons / squids with tomato (basque country) or home-made white pudding.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Ceres

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Ceres

  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.94/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Pinot Gris

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 Ceres

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Ceres

How Winery Ceres wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of flemish beer stew, bacon and mushroom tagliatelle or rabbit with mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Ceres

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Ceres

  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris

Rich, ample whites with a golden robe, showing aromas of pear, quince, honey, smoke, ginger and spice. Made as structured dry wines (Alsace AOC), off-dry and sumptuous late-harvest sweet (vendange tardive, sélection de grains nobles). Lighter and crisper in Italy as Pinot Grigio (Veneto, Friuli). Also in Germany (Grauburgunder), Hungary (Szürkebarát) and Oregon. A grey mutation of Pinot Noir.