The Winery Heggies of Eden Valley of Australie du Sud

Winery Heggies - Botrytis Riesling
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This estate is part of the Hill-Smith Family Vineyards.
It is ranked in the top 3 of the estates of Australie du Sud.
It is located in Eden Valley in the region of Australie du Sud

The Winery Heggies is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Eden Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Heggies wines

Looking for the best Winery Heggies wines in Eden Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Heggies 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 Heggies wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sweet wines of Winery Heggies

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Heggies

How Winery Heggies wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or poultry such as recipes of chicken drumstick with bacon, scupion (small cuttlefish) in hot sauce or cauliflower croque-monsieur.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Heggies

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Heggies. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, oil or marmalade and sometimes also flavors of kerosene, dried fruit or floral.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Heggies

  • 2019With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Heggies.

  • Riesling

Discovering the wine region of Eden Valley

The wine region of Eden Valley is located in the region of Barossa of Australie du Sud of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Henschke or the Domaine Henschke produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Eden Valley are Riesling, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Eden Valley often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, rubber or nectarine and sometimes also flavors of lemon peel, marmalade or cantaloupe.

In the mouth of Eden Valley is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 167 estates and châteaux in the of Eden Valley, producing 490 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Eden Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top white wines of Winery Heggies

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Heggies

How Winery Heggies wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of kale soup, baked salmon mediterranean style or leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Heggies

On the nose the white wine of Winery Heggies. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Heggies. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Heggies

  • 2010With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

The top red wines of Winery Heggies

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Heggies

How Winery Heggies wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of korean bibimbap, rack of lamb in a salt crust or ardéchoise fly.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Heggies

On the nose the red wine of Winery Heggies. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Heggies

  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Merlot

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Heggies

Planning a wine route in the of Eden Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Heggies.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

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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.

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