The Downing Estate of Central Victoria of Victoria

Downing Estate
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 85 of the estates of Victoria.
It is located in Central Victoria in the region of Victoria

The Downing Estate is one of the world's great estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Central Victoria to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Downing Estate wines

Looking for the best Downing Estate wines in Central Victoria among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Downing Estate 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 Downing Estate wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Downing Estate

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Downing Estate

How Downing Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of cicadas at the chib, chakchouka or mediterranean cake with parmesan and coppa gratin.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Downing Estate

On the nose the red wine of Downing Estate. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Downing Estate. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Downing Estate

  • 2004With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.94/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Downing Estate.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Central Victoria

Central wine zone of Australian Victoria, home of great terroir-driven Shiraz. Heathcote stars on red Cambrian soil: powerful and velvety reds with signature notes of blackberry, plum, chocolate, eucalyptus, sweet spices and ferrous mineral touch, round tannins and long ageing — world reference. Firm Cabernet in Bendigo, unique Marsanne in Goulburn Valley (yellow fruits, honey, herbs), ample Chardonnay and Viognier. Temperate continental climate.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Downing Estate

Planning a wine route in the of Central Victoria? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Downing Estate.

Discover the grape variety: Abondant

Simple and fresh dry whites, pale golden colour, supple mouth with moderate acidity, with understated aromas of citrus and white flowers. Rustic, productive and vigorous profile yielding large clusters. Preserved in ampelographic collections. Not to be confused with the Savoyard Abondance. Autochthonous French white grape once grown in Île-de-France and the Centre.