The Winery Glenora Estate of Waiheke Island of North Island

Winery Glenora Estate - Red Blend
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of North Island.
It is located in Waiheke Island in the region of North Island

The Winery Glenora Estate is one of the best wineries to follow in Waiheke Island.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Waiheke Island to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Glenora Estate wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Glenora Estate

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Glenora Estate

How Winery Glenora Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables, mamyjaja lamb mouse tagine or leeks with ham and béchamel sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Glenora Estate

On the nose the red wine of Winery Glenora Estate. often reveals types of flavors of oak.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Glenora Estate

  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Waiheke Island

The wine region of Waiheke Island is located in the region of Auckland of North Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Destiny Bay Vineyards or the Domaine Destiny Bay Vineyards produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Waiheke Island are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Malbec, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Waiheke Island often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, cigar box or savory and sometimes also flavors of blueberry, red fruit or coffee.

In the mouth of Waiheke Island is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 35 estates and châteaux in the of Waiheke Island, producing 191 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Waiheke Island go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Glenora Estate

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

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir 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. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Glenora Estate and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Downy mildew

Disease of the vine due to a fungus. Downy mildew is formidable because it attacks all the organs, from the stem to the grapes, including the leaves, in depth. It was against it that the famous copper and lime-based Bordeaux mixture was developed.

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