The Winery Hihi of Gisborne of North Island

Winery Hihi - Chardonnay The Full Monty
The winery offers 23 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 70 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in Gisborne in the region of North Island
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The Winery Hihi is one of the world's great estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in of Gisborne to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Hihi wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Hihi

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Hihi

How Winery Hihi wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of white cabbage with bacon, tuna brick (light) or magic cake cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Hihi

On the nose the white wine of Winery Hihi. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Hihi. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Hihi

  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Gisborne

The wine region of Gisborne is located in the region of North Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vinoptima or the Domaine Millton produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gisborne are Chardonnay, Pinot gris and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gisborne often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, earth or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, oak or non oak.

In the mouth of Gisborne is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 89 estates and châteaux in the of Gisborne, producing 232 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Gisborne go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), spicy food or sweet desserts.

The top red wines of Winery Hihi

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Hihi

How Winery Hihi wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of mexican beef tacos, baekenofe (alsatian meat stew) or milanese escalope (italy).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Hihi

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Hihi. is a powerful.

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

  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

The top pink wines of Winery Hihi

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Hihi

How Winery Hihi wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of stewed beef heart, lamb curry or gigolette of rabbit.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Hihi.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Pinot Noir
  • Tempranillo
  • Barbera

The word of the wine: N-M

Negociant-manipulant. Company that buys grapes, sometimes in addition to its own vineyard, elaborates and markets its champagne. Most of the big brands like Moët or Taittinger are N-M.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Hihi

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

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.

News about Winery Hihi and wines from the region

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 power of music: How Brahms might make your wine taste better

There’s a reason why heavily-applied perfume ranks highly on most wine lovers’ list of pet peeves. It overpowers your senses, conceals aromas and distorts your perception of a wine. In professional tastings and wine exams the wearing of perfume is banned, if not thoroughly frowned upon. You just don’t do it. What then, if we applied the same logic to music, controlling the sounds we hear, or don’t hear, while tasting wine? There’s no doubt that a chaotic environment can clog your synapses, makin ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Arresting and generous, but without vulgarity or excess’

Layers of colour in the sky before me: indigo, peach, salmon. In the rear-view mirror, the gold was catching fire. As I drove down through the lonely, Mistral-chilled vines of Babeau-Bouldoux towards nearby St-Chinian, I was thinking about what Christine Deleuze of Clos Bagatelle had just said. ‘When you came to visit 10 years ago,’ she reminded me, ‘you said we needed to wait another decade for a market breakthrough. Today you’ve said we need to wait another decade or two. So when, exactly, wil ...

The word of the wine: N-M

Negociant-manipulant. Company that buys grapes, sometimes in addition to its own vineyard, elaborates and markets its champagne. Most of the big brands like Moët or Taittinger are N-M.