Winery Cloudy Bay - Pelorus Brut

Winery Cloudy BayPelorus Brut

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Pelorus Brut of Winery Cloudy Bay is a sparkling wine from the region of Marlborough of South Island.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Chardonnay and the Pinot noir.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with microbio taste

cream, yeast

Wine with oak taste

butter, pastry

Wine with earth taste

honey, stone

Wine with vegetal taste

straw

On the nose the Pelorus Brut of Winery Cloudy Bay in the region of South Island often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, microbio or lemon zest and sometimes also flavors of straw, yeast or walnut.

Details and technical informations about Winery Cloudy Bay's Pelorus Brut.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
13°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Last vintages of this wine

Pelorus Brut - N.V.
In the top 100 of of Marlborough wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Pelorus Brut - 2016
In the top 100 of of Marlborough wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Pelorus Brut - 2015
In the top 100 of of Marlborough wines
Average rating: 411110
Pelorus Brut - 2014
In the top 100 of of Marlborough wines
Average rating: 411110
Pelorus Brut - 2013
In the top 100 of of Marlborough wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Pelorus Brut - 2012
In the top 100 of of Marlborough wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Pelorus Brut - 2011
In the top 100 of of Marlborough wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Pelorus Brut from Winery Cloudy Bay are 2013, 2015, 2014, 2012 and 2011.

Informations about the Winery Cloudy Bay

The winery offers 16 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
This winery is part of the LVMH.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Marlborough in the region of South Island

The Winery Cloudy Bay is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in the of Marlborough to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine South Island
In the top 950 of of New Zealand wines
In the top 450 of of Marlborough wines
In the top 4000 of sparkling wines
In the top 60000 wines of the world

The wine region of Marlborough

The wine region of Marlborough is located in the region of South Island of New Zealand. We currently count 1237 estates and châteaux in the of Marlborough, producing 3419 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Marlborough go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of South Island

Central Otago, near the bottom of New Zealand's South Island, vies for the title of world's most southerly wine region. Vineyards cling to the sides of mountains and high above river gorges in this dramatic landscape. Pinot Noir has proven itself in this challenging Terroir, and takes up nearly three-quarters of the region's vineyard area. The typical Central Otago Pinot Noir is intense and deeply colored, with flavors of doris plum, Sweet spice and bramble.

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The word of the wine: Cryo-extraction

This technique was very popular at the end of the 80's in Sauternes, a little less so now. The grapes are frozen before pressing, and the water transformed into ice remains in the marc, only the sugar flows out. As with the concentrators, the "cryo" can also increase bad taste and greenness.

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