The Winery Chalk Bay of Nelson of South Island

Winery Chalk Bay
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.
It is ranked in the top 112 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Nelson in the region of South Island

The Winery Chalk Bay is one of the best wineries to follow in Nelson.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Nelson to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Chalk Bay wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Chalk Bay

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Chalk Bay

How Winery Chalk Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of express veal stew in a pressure cooker, oven-baked veal cutlets or duck legs confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Chalk Bay

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Chalk Bay

  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Nelson

Cool-climate region of New Zealand's South Island, the only one on the west coast and rain-sheltered. Signature Chardonnay precise and taut with signature notes of white apple, citrus, toasted hazelnut, fresh butter and a mineral touch, ample long mouth — local benchmark. Fine silky Pinot Noir (tart cherry, raspberry, undergrowth, sweet spices), delicate tannins. Also vivid fruity Sauvignon Blanc, ample Pinot Gris, taut Riesling.

Atypical elegant wines.

The top white wines of Winery Chalk Bay

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Chalk Bay

How Winery Chalk Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of linguine with squid ink and cockles, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or endive and leek gratin.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Chalk Bay

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Chalk Bay

  • 2018With an average score of 2.50/5
  • 0With an average score of 2.50/5

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

  • 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.

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Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.