The Falcon Ridge Estate is one of the world's great estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Nelson to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Falcon Ridge Estate wines in Nelson among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Falcon Ridge 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 Falcon Ridge Estate wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Falcon Ridge Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of venison leg in casserole, gigolette of rabbit or oven roasted rabbit with mustard.
On the nose the red wine of Falcon Ridge Estate. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Falcon Ridge Estate. is a with a nice freshness.
Cool-climate region of New Zealand's South Island, the only one on the west coast and rain-sheltered. Signature Chardonnay precise and taut with signature notes of white apple, citrus, toasted hazelnut, fresh butter and a mineral touch, ample long mouth — local benchmark. Fine silky Pinot Noir (tart cherry, raspberry, undergrowth, sweet spices), delicate tannins. Also vivid fruity Sauvignon Blanc, ample Pinot Gris, taut Riesling.
Atypical elegant wines.
How Falcon Ridge Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of catalan zarzuela, salmon and goat cheese quiche or fresh goat cheese, zucchini and thyme tart.
On the nose the white wine of Falcon Ridge Estate. often reveals types of flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Falcon Ridge Estate. is a with a nice freshness.
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.
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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.
