Winery Grey RidgeHorizon Pinot Noir Rosé
Pink wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or veal.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Horizon Pinot Noir Rosé of Winery Grey Ridge in the region of South Island often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Horizon Pinot Noir Rosé
Pairings that work perfectly with Horizon Pinot Noir Rosé
Original food and wine pairings with Horizon Pinot Noir Rosé
The Horizon Pinot Noir Rosé of Winery Grey Ridge matches generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal head with vinaigrette, oven roasted rabbit that cooks itself! or rabbit, cabbage, bacon.
Details and technical informations about Winery Grey Ridge's Horizon Pinot Noir Rosé.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir
Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
Informations about the Winery Grey Ridge
The Winery Grey Ridge is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Central Otago to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Central Otago
The wine region of Central Otago is located in the region of South Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Amisfield or the Domaine Felton Road produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Central Otago are Pinot noir et Pinot gris, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Central Otago often reveals types of flavors of cherry, perfume or pomegranate and sometimes also flavors of savory, sage or cedar.
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.
The word of the wine: Free-run wine
The free-run wine is the wine that flows out of the vat by gravity at the time of running off. The marc soaked in wine is then pressed to extract a rich and tannic wine. Free-run wine and press wine are then aged separately and eventually blended by the winemaker in proportions defined according to the type of wine being made.
