The Winery Ernest Hill is one of the world's great estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in of Hunter Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Ernest Hill wines in Hunter Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Ernest Hill 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 Ernest Hill wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Ernest Hill wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of chicken bonne femme, smoked salmon burger - chive cream or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Ernest Hill. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth, vegetal or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Ernest Hill. is a powerful.
The Hunter Valley is unquestionably the best known and most highly prized wine region in NewSouthWales. Its most famous wine style is its distinctive Dry Semillon, while Shiraz, is also long-established. It is also regarded as a pioneer of Australian Chardonnay.
Hunter Valley Semillon
Semillon was first planted here in the 1830s.
Hunter Valley Semillons are renowned for their ability to improve with age. The better examples develop in bottle for more than 15 years.
Classic examples are made simply from early picked fruit and bottled Young, with Alcohol levels between 10 and 12 percent. The wines start out with a fresh, grassy, citrus taste with tangy Acidity.
However they evolve into Golden wines with nutty, honeyed notes and a luscious mouthfeel. Though unoaked and not having undergone malolactic fermentation, they can be mistaken for oaky chardonnays, even by experienced tasters.
The valley's relationship with Chardonnay is 100 years shorter, but no less significant. It was here that Australia's first Chardonnay was made – from vines planted by the Tyrrell winery of Pokolbin in 1968.
How Winery Ernest Hill wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of steamed pork chops, tuna gratin or leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche.
White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.
How Winery Ernest Hill wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of dombrés and pig tails, berber giblet frying pan or butter chicken or chicken makkhani (india).
On the nose the red wine of Winery Ernest Hill. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, black fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Ernest Hill. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Taste reminiscent of gunflint, chalk and many nuances of the mineral world, and reinforcing, especially in white wines, the notion of freshness and the sappy character.
How Winery Ernest Hill wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of pasticcio (greece), lamb tagine with prunes or caramel pork.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Ernest Hill. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.
Sémillon blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
How Winery Ernest Hill wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, sweet desserts or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of garantita or karantita (algerian recipe), real chocolate cake or tuna and cream cheese pie.
Said of a slightly effervescent wine.
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The white Verdelho is a grape variety that originated in Portugal. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of medium size. The white Verdelho can be found cultivated in these vineyards: Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, South West.
