The Winery Crab Farm of Hawke's Bay of North Island

Winery Crab Farm
The winery offers 29 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 767 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in Hawke's Bay in the region of North Island
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The Winery Crab Farm is one of the best wineries to follow in Hawke's Bay.. It offers 29 wines for sale in of Hawke's Bay to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Crab Farm wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Crab Farm

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Crab Farm

How Winery Crab Farm wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pork chops with potatoes, jambalaya (louisiana) or duck breast with goat cheese and local ham.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Crab Farm

On the nose the red wine of Winery Crab Farm. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, black fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Crab Farm. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Crab Farm

  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Hawke's Bay

Reference for great New Zealand reds, warm maritime climate (2,200 h of sun). Bordeaux blends on Gimblett Gravels: round, fruity Merlot (plum, ripe cherry), firm Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, cedar), perfumed Cabernet Franc. Signature northern-Rhône-style Syrah: peppery and floral (violet, blackberry, black olive), fine tannins. Structured, mineral Chardonnay.

Also Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Gris. 4,600 ha around Napier-Hastings.

The top white wines of Winery Crab Farm

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Crab Farm

How Winery Crab Farm wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of stuffed mushrooms, barbecued mackerel papillotes or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Crab Farm

On the nose the white wine of Winery Crab Farm. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Crab Farm. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Crab Farm

  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.53/5

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

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

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.

The top pink wines of Winery Crab Farm

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Crab Farm

How Winery Crab Farm wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew provencal style, stuffed peppers or roast duck in the oven.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Crab Farm

  • 0With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Pinotage
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Merlot

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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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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