The Winery Coal Pit of Central Otago of South Island

Winery Coal Pit
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 52 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Central Otago in the region of South Island

The Winery Coal Pit is one of the world's great estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Central Otago to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Coal Pit wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Coal Pit

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Coal Pit

How Winery Coal Pit wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of wild boar with honey, pork tenderloin with chorizo and peppers or stuffed cabbage leaves.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Coal Pit

On the nose the red wine of Winery Coal Pit. often reveals types of flavors of cream, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of smoke, earthy or blackberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Coal Pit. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Coal Pit

  • 2008With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

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 white wines of Winery Coal Pit

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Coal Pit

How Winery Coal Pit wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of mussels with curry, vegan leek and tofu quiche or goat cheese and courgette tart.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Coal Pit

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Coal Pit

  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Coal Pit

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Coal Pit

How Winery Coal Pit wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of calf sweetbread with mushrooms, croziflette or baked leg of daguet or roe deer.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Coal Pit

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Coal Pit. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Coal Pit

  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Bouquet

The tertiary aromas that develop during aging and characterize the wine at its peak. This term is improperly used to refer to the aromas of a wine in general.

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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.