The Winery Honu of Marlborough of South Island

Winery Honu
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 749 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Marlborough in the region of South Island

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

Top Winery Honu wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Honu

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Honu

How Winery Honu wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of kig ar farz breton, pork shank stew or roast pheasant.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Honu

On the nose the red wine of Winery Honu. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Honu. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Honu

  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 2.80/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Marlborough

The wine region of Marlborough is located in the region of South Island of New Zealand. We currently count 1237 estates and châteaux in the of Marlborough, producing 3419 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Marlborough go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top white wines of Winery Honu

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Honu

How Winery Honu wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of cuttlefish armorican style (morgate), vegan leek and tofu quiche or ham, goat cheese and basil lasagne.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Honu

On the nose the white wine of Winery Honu. often reveals types of flavors of vegetal, citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Honu. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Honu

  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Honu

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 Winery Honu.

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.

News about Winery Honu and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Extra raw

Champagne dosed between 0 and 6 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).