The Johner Estate is one of the world's great estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in of Wairarapa to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Johner Estate wines in Wairarapa among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Johner 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 Johner Estate wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Johner Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of soupions à la provençale, quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese or courgettes with goat cheese au gratin.
On the nose the white wine of Johner Estate. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, tropical or citrus and sometimes also flavors of peach, lime or pear. In the mouth the white wine of Johner Estate. is a with a nice freshness.
Southern tip of New Zealand's North Island, an hour east of Wellington, heart of the Martinborough appellation. Climate and soils compared to Burgundy. Pinot Noir is the signature red king (national reference with Central Otago): spicy, earthy profile with black cherry, plum, blackberry, undergrowth, pepper, thyme and a smoky touch, fine tannins and a dense palate. Taut, herbaceous Sauvignon Blanc, precise buttery Chardonnay, floral Pinot Gris, peppery Syrah.
Elegant signature wines.
How Johner Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of home-made white pudding, salmon cannelloni or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.
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.
How Johner Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of beef with dark beer, fish with tamarind or veal paupiettes with white wine.
On the nose the red wine of Johner Estate. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit or microbio. In the mouth the red wine of Johner Estate. is a with a nice freshness.
White grape variety from the Allier region, identical to the Sacy variety grown in Burgundy. Rarely vinified on its own, it is used in the blending of Saint-Pourçain white wines, associated with chardonnay, the main grape variety of the appellation. Syn.: sacy.
How Johner Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of parillade of fish and seafood, spinach and goat cheese quiche or puff pastry with ratatouille and goat cheese.
On the nose the sweet wine of Johner Estate. often reveals types of flavors of earth. In the mouth the sweet wine of Johner 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 Johner Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of calf sweetbread with mushrooms, roast pork with prunes or rabbit with prunes in my grandmother's style.
On the nose the pink wine of Johner Estate. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.
After five to eight days of alcoholic fermentation, it is possible to prolong the maceration in order to extract the maximum amount of matter from the marc. The wines obtained in this way are rich and full-bodied, and in principle are intended for laying down.
Planning a wine route in the of Wairarapa? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Johner Estate.
Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.
