The Winery Heron's Flight of Auckland of North Island

Winery Heron's Flight - Dolcetto
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 120 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in Auckland in the region of North Island

The Winery Heron's Flight is one of the best wineries to follow in Auckland.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Auckland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Heron's Flight wines

Looking for the best Winery Heron's Flight wines in Auckland among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Heron's Flight 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 Heron's Flight wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Heron's Flight

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Heron's Flight

How Winery Heron's Flight wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, mushrooms or mild and soft cheese such as recipes of cabbage casserole, pasta with ham or melanzane.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Heron's Flight

On the nose the red wine of Winery Heron's Flight. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Heron's Flight

  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Heron's Flight.

  • Sangiovese
  • Dolcetto

Discovering the wine region of Auckland

The wine region of Auckland is located in the region of North Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Puriri Hills or the Domaine Puriri Hills produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Auckland are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Auckland often reveals types of flavors of apples, plum or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, black fruit or baking spice.

In the mouth of Auckland is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 33 estates and châteaux in the of Auckland, producing 69 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Auckland go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.

The top pink wines of Winery Heron's Flight

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Heron's Flight

How Winery Heron's Flight wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, mushrooms or mild and soft cheese such as recipes of pan-fried black pudding with apples, wild boar bourguignon or quiche without eggs.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Heron's Flight

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Heron's Flight. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, red fruit.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Heron's Flight.

  • Dolcetto

Discover the grape variety: Fer-servadou

Fer-servadou noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Gironde). 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 large bunches, and grapes of small to medium size. Fer-servadou noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Heron's Flight

Planning a wine route in the of Auckland? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Heron's Flight.

Discover the grape variety: Sangiovese

Originally from Italy, it is the famous Sangiovese of Tuscany producing the famous wines of Brunello de Montalcino and Chianti. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. According to recent genetic analysis, it is the result of a natural cross between the almost unknown Calabrese di Montenuovo (mother) and Ciliegiolo (father).

News about Winery Heron's Flight and wines from the region

Scapegrace to build £13m distillery in Central Otago

The Scapegrace team claims it will be New Zealand’s largest ever distillery when it is fully completed in October 2023. It will eventually produce all of Scapegrace’s award-winning gins and vodkas, along with its soon-to-be-released single malt whisky. The company plans to expand into other spirits categories further down the line too. Managing director Daniel McLaughlin said that the climate and water quality in Central Otago – which is famed for its Pinot Noir – make the region ideal for produ ...

Scapegrace to build £13m distillery in Central Otago

The Scapegrace team claims it will be New Zealand’s largest ever distillery when it is fully completed in October 2023. It will eventually produce all of Scapegrace’s award-winning gins and vodkas, along with its soon-to-be-released single malt whisky. The company plans to expand into other spirits categories further down the line too. Managing director Daniel McLaughlin said that the climate and water quality in Central Otago – which is famed for its Pinot Noir – make the region ideal for produ ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Wrapped

Said of a wine rich in alcohol, but in which the mellowness dominates.