The Winery Curious Cove of North Island

Winery Curious Cove - Sauvignon Blanc
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 412 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in North Island

The Winery Curious Cove is one of the best wineries to follow in North Island.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of North Island to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Curious Cove wines

Looking for the best Winery Curious Cove wines in North Island among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Curious Cove 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 Curious Cove wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Curious Cove

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Curious Cove

How Winery Curious Cove wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of blanquette of the sea, nanie's diced ham quiche or two cheese and chicken cake.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Curious Cove

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Curious Cove

  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of North Island

New-zealand/north-island/northland">Northland, as its name suggests, is New Zealand's northernmost wine-producing region, around four hours' drive northwest of the country's largest city, Auckland. Most of the Northland region's wineries are situated on the east coast, particularly around the Bay of Islands and the Karikari Pensinula, with another cluster on the west coast near Kaitaia. The region's red wines are mostly produced from Syrah, Pinotage">Pinotage and the Hybrid variety Chambourcin. Chardonnay leads the way for white wine grape varieties; Pinot Gris, Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc are among the other varieties cultivated here.

Although Northland's contribution to the New Zealand wine industry is minuscule (in 2013, the region crushed 130 metric tonnes of grapes, compared to Marlborough's 250,000), it is important historically. The first vines were planted in the Bay of Islands in 1819, a Full 30 years before missionaries began planting in the Hawkes Bay. The founding father of viticulture in the Antipodes, James Busby, had a Vineyard at his house at Waitangi before going on to establish the Hunter Valley wine region in Australia. This Waitangi property is also where New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, was signed in 1840.

In the late 1800s, kauri-gum diggers from Croatia began to move into the area in search of fortune, bringing winemaking traditions from their homeland. While viticulture in the region has never been viable on a large scale, Northland's boutique wine industry is growing fast, with the Northland Wine Growers Association (formed in 2007) boasting a membership of more than 50. Northland's sub-tropical Climate is unique in New Zealand. Warm, humid summers and rainy winters are challenging for growers, who must employ careful vineyard techniques to avoid mildew and rot.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Curious Cove

Planning a wine route in the of North Island? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Curious Cove.

Discover the grape variety: Verdanel

The Verdanel grape variety is particularly cultivated in the southwestern region of Gaillac, in the Tarn department. This very old white grape variety does not fear either the cold or the heat. Today, it is very rare and almost extinct. The Verdanel is not classified in the Appellations of Controlled Origin. The Verdanel has serrated leaves, almost whole and of a tender green colour. Its conical bunches are filled with medium-sized, slightly ellipsoid fruits. When the berries reach maturity, their greenish-white color turns to golden white. A dry white wine with a low alcohol content is produced from this variety. It also has a low acidity level. This wine goes well with spicy dishes as well as lobster or red mullet.

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The word of the wine: Tressallier

White grape variety from the Allier region, identical to the Sacy variety grown in Burgundy. Rarely vinified on its own, it is used in the blending of Saint-Pourçain white wines, associated with chardonnay, the main grape variety of the appellation. Syn.: sacy.