The Winery Henrys Hills of North Island

Winery Henrys Hills - Wairarapa Pinot Noir
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 604 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in North Island

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

Top Winery Henrys Hills wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Henrys Hills

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Henrys Hills

How Winery Henrys Hills wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of cicadas at the chib, casserons in the country style or blood duck (tour d'argent).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Henrys Hills

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Henrys Hills. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Henrys Hills

  • 2011With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of North Island

New-zealand/north-island/northland">Northland, as its name suggests, is New Zealand's northernmost wine-producing region, around four hours' drive northwest of the country's largest city, Auckland. Most of the Northland region's wineries are situated on the east coast, particularly around the Bay of Islands and the Karikari Pensinula, with another cluster on the west coast near Kaitaia. The region's red wines are mostly produced from Syrah, Pinotage">Pinotage and the Hybrid variety Chambourcin. Chardonnay leads the way for white wine grape varieties; Pinot Gris, Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc are among the other varieties cultivated here.

Although Northland's contribution to the New Zealand wine industry is minuscule (in 2013, the region crushed 130 metric tonnes of grapes, compared to Marlborough's 250,000), it is important historically. The first vines were planted in the Bay of Islands in 1819, a Full 30 years before missionaries began planting in the Hawkes Bay. The founding father of viticulture in the Antipodes, James Busby, had a Vineyard at his house at Waitangi before going on to establish the Hunter Valley wine region in Australia. This Waitangi property is also where New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, was signed in 1840.

In the late 1800s, kauri-gum diggers from Croatia began to move into the area in search of fortune, bringing winemaking traditions from their homeland. While viticulture in the region has never been viable on a large scale, Northland's boutique wine industry is growing fast, with the Northland Wine Growers Association (formed in 2007) boasting a membership of more than 50. Northland's sub-tropical Climate is unique in New Zealand. Warm, humid summers and rainy winters are challenging for growers, who must employ careful vineyard techniques to avoid mildew and rot.

The top white wines of Winery Henrys Hills

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Henrys Hills

How Winery Henrys Hills wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of cuttlefish in sauce, quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or diced chicken with honey and cucumber-apple-goat tartar.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Henrys Hills

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Henrys Hills. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Henrys Hills

  • 2016With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Henrys Hills

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

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 Henrys Hills and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Expressive

Said of a wine that is full-bodied and offers well-defined aromas.