The Winery George Town of South Island

Winery George Town
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 1834 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in South Island

The Winery George Town is one of the best wineries to follow in South Island.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of South Island to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery George Town wines

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

The top red wines of Winery George Town

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery George Town

How Winery George Town wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef in white wine, veal with chestnut and pietra (corsican beer) or aiguillettes of duck with auvergne blue cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery George Town

On the nose the red wine of Winery George Town. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery George Town. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery George Town

  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery George Town.

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of South Island

Central Otago, near the bottom of New Zealand's South Island, vies for the title of world's most southerly wine region. Vineyards cling to the sides of mountains and high above river gorges in this dramatic landscape. Pinot Noir has proven itself in this challenging Terroir, and takes up nearly three-quarters of the region's vineyard area. The typical Central Otago Pinot Noir is intense and deeply colored, with flavors of doris plum, Sweet spice and bramble.

Two Paddocks, owned by actor Sam Neill, had thought the Last Chance vineyard was the world's most southerly (at 45°15'). But several major Patagonian projects are underway at around 45 to 46°, and Argentina can currently claim the honor for Alejandro Bulgheroni's new vineyard at Sarmiento (45°60'). The viticultural zone covers the mountainous area around the tourist resort town of Queenstown on the eastern side of the Southern Alps. The exact boundaries and sub-regional divisions are not official, but a geographic indication is in the pipeline.

Wineries are scattered around several distinct sub-regions: Gibbston, Alexandra, Wanaka and the Cromwell Basin, itself home to Bendigo, Bannockburn and Lowburn. Lakes Dunstan, Wakatipu and Wanaka all contribute to the terroir as well, along with the Kawarau and Clutha Rivers. Gold brought the first settlers to the region in the 1860s, and most of the towns in this Part of Otago have a Rich gold-mining history. The first vines were planted during this time by a French migrant but, unlike in the Sierra Foothills region of California where the European settlers provided a steady demand for wines, the tough, transient Otago miners had no interest in drinking wine, preferring beer and spirits.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery George Town

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

Discover the grape variety: Manseng noir

Manseng noir is a grape variety from the western Pyrenees, close to tannat, a famous grape variety from southwest France. It is also called mansein, mansec or mancep in the Lot. It has been around since the 13th century and has given rise to Petit Manseng and Gros Manseng, two varieties of the same family but with quite different characteristics. Manseng noir remains essential for the AOC Béarn, where it is grown on about ten hectares. However, Manseng noir is a vigorous, productive and disease-resistant grape variety. It gives wines with a colourful robe, powerful, with aromas of black fruits and mushrooms, quite fine and with an interesting ageing potential.