The Winery Greenstone Point of South Island

Winery Greenstone Point
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 1984 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in South Island

The Winery Greenstone Point is one of the best wineries to follow in South Island.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of South Island to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Greenstone Point wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Greenstone Point

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Greenstone Point

How Winery Greenstone Point wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of rabbit with prunes, rib steak, tomato sauce, peppers. or turkey paupiettes in poultry sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Greenstone Point

On the nose the white wine of Winery Greenstone Point. often reveals types of flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Greenstone Point. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Greenstone Point

  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Greenstone Point.

  • Pinot Gris
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

The top red wines of Winery Greenstone Point

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Greenstone Point

How Winery Greenstone Point wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of baked marrow bones, veal with chestnut and pietra (corsican beer) or duck legs with confit potatoes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Greenstone Point

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Greenstone Point

  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Greenstone Point.

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris

Pinot Gris is a grey grape variety mutated from Pinot Noir. It has its origins in Burgundy, where it is called pinot-beurot in reference to the colour of the grey robes worn by the monks of the region. Established in Alsace since the 17th century, pinot gris was called tokay until 2007. It is made up of bunches of small berries that vary in colour from pink to blue-grey. It is particularly well suited to the continental climate because it is resistant to the cold in winter and to spring frosts. This variety also likes dry limestone soils with plenty of sunshine in the summer. Pinot Gris is well suited to late harvesting or to the selection of noble grapes, depending on the year and the concentration of sugars in the berries. Pinot Gris wines are distinguished by their aromatic complexity of white fruits, mushrooms, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, etc., and their great finesse. In the Loire Valley, pinot gris is used in the Coteaux-d'Ancenis appellations. It gives dry or sweet wines with pear and peach aromas.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Greenstone Point

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 Greenstone Point.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Winery Greenstone Point and wines from the region

Garage Wine Company launches Old-Vine ‘Revival’ project in UK

Winemaker Derek Mossman Knapp, of Chile’s Garage Wine Company, introduced the group’s ‘Old-Vine Revival’ project in the UK this month. This included a first UK tasting of its new-release Old-Vine Revival País 2021 wine. Garage Wine Company’s Maule-based project focuses on producing wine from previously-neglected old vines, while at the same time supporting local farming communities. Born out of the Covid pandemic, the initiative enabled farmers to work in their local vineyards, which also elimin ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Arresting and generous, but without vulgarity or excess’

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A perfect pairing: Flatbread and cod roe emulsion

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The word of the wine: SGN

Selection of noble grains. Appellation reserved for a type of sweet wine produced in Alsace.