The Hillersden Estate is one of the best wineries to follow in Marlborough.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Marlborough to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Hillersden Estate wines in Marlborough among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Hillersden Estate 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 Hillersden Estate wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Hillersden Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of salmon steaks with lentils, shrimp in hot sauce from cathylou or quiche without eggs.
On the nose the sparkling wine of Hillersden Estate. often reveals types of flavors of earth, vegetal or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit.
World reference for Sauvignon Blanc: aromatic, exuberant whites with signature notes of passion fruit, gooseberry, grapefruit and cut grass, sharp lively acidity and an iodised finish. King grape on 71% of the vineyard since 1972. Also fine, silky Pinot Noir (cherry, plum, spice), taut Chardonnay and lively Riesling. Traditional-method sparklers on the rise.
28,000 ha in the northeast of the South Island, sunny oceanic climate, stony soils.
How Hillersden Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of lentils and morteau sausages, chakchouka or simple veal sauté.
On the nose the white wine of Hillersden Estate. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, earth or vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Hillersden Estate. is a with a nice freshness.
Crystalline, taut whites with vibrant acidity and aromas of citrus, green apple, white flowers, vineyard peach and mineral/petrol notes with age. Made as dry (Trocken, Alsace), off-dry (Kabinett, Spätlese) and sweet (Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, late harvest). Star of the Moselle, Rheingau, Alsace AOC and Wachau. Also exported to Clare Valley and Finger Lakes.
How Hillersden Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tunisian molokheya, old-fashioned pork roll or blanquette of rabbit with riesling and chanterelles.
On the nose the red wine of Hillersden Estate. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Hillersden Estate. is a with a nice freshness.
Vegetable odour reminiscent of freshly cut grass and considered a defect of the wine.
Planning a wine route in the of Marlborough? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Hillersden Estate.
Rich, ample whites with a golden robe, showing aromas of pear, quince, honey, smoke, ginger and spice. Made as structured dry wines (Alsace AOC), off-dry and sumptuous late-harvest sweet (vendange tardive, sélection de grains nobles). Lighter and crisper in Italy as Pinot Grigio (Veneto, Friuli). Also in Germany (Grauburgunder), Hungary (Szürkebarát) and Oregon. A grey mutation of Pinot Noir.
