Winery Heron's Flight - Dolcetto

Winery Heron's FlightDolcetto

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Dolcetto of Winery Heron's Flight is a red wine from the region of Matakana of North Island.
This wine generally goes well with pork, mild and soft cheese or mushrooms.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Details and technical informations about Winery Heron's Flight's Dolcetto.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
15.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Garganega

Very old vine cultivated in Italy, in Sicily it would carry the name of grecanico dorato and in Spain would be the malvasia mauresa... . It can be found in the United States, but in France it is almost unknown. It should be noted that its bunches resemble somewhat those of the ugni blanc or trebbiano toscano and it would be related to the verdicchio blanco.

Last vintages of this wine

Dolcetto - 2014
In the top 100 of of Matakana wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Dolcetto - 0
In the top 100 of of Matakana wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50

The best vintages of Dolcetto from Winery Heron's Flight are 2014, 0

Informations about the Winery Heron's Flight

The winery offers 9 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Matakana in the region of North Island

The Winery Heron's Flight is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in the of Matakana to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine North Island
In the top 5000 of of New Zealand wines
In the top 350 of of Matakana wines
In the top 250000 of red wines
In the top 400000 wines of the world

The wine region of Matakana

The wine region of Matakana is located in the region of Auckland of North Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Providence or the Domaine Heron's Flight produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Matakana are Malbec, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Matakana often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.


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.

The word of the wine: Clone

A vine propagated from a single specimen (by cuttings or grafting), as opposed to mass selection, which starts from a family of vines.

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