The Winery Judge Rock of Central Otago of South Island

Winery Judge Rock
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 77 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Central Otago in the region of South Island

The Winery Judge Rock is one of the world's great estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Central Otago to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Judge Rock wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Judge Rock

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Judge Rock

How Winery Judge Rock wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with mushrooms, roast pork with prunes or rabbit provencale (mario style).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Judge Rock

On the nose the red wine of Winery Judge Rock. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, red fruit or vanilla. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Judge Rock. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Judge Rock

  • 2011With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.62/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • St. Laurent

Discovering the wine region of Central Otago

The world's southernmost vineyard, jewel of New Zealand Pinot Noir. Intense, deep reds with signature notes of black cherry, ripe plum, violet, wild thyme and sweet spices, velvety tannins and a freshness kept taut by cold nights — a fleshy, sun-soaked style. Also ample Pinot Gris (pear, honey), dry and off-dry Riesling with lively citrus, precise Chardonnay. Vineyards between 200-450 m on schist soils, continental climate.

Sub-zones: Bannockburn, Gibbston.

The top white wines of Winery Judge Rock

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Judge Rock

How Winery Judge Rock wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of beef stew, shrimp and chorizo risotto or chicken tagine with lemon confit (marrakech style).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Judge Rock

On the nose the white wine of Winery Judge Rock. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or red fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Judge Rock. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Judge Rock

  • 0With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Riesling

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.

The top pink wines of Winery Judge Rock

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Judge Rock

How Winery Judge Rock wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of osso buco with mushrooms, chicken ballotine with ham and mushrooms or rabbit à la lorientaise.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Judge Rock

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Animal

Generic smell of aromatic families reminiscent of fur, game, musk, civet, amber and sometimes unpleasant smells of wet hair. The old books on tasting give as an example of animal aroma the belly of hare.

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Discover the grape variety: St. Laurent

Structured and elegant reds with a deep ruby colour, soft to firm tannins and silky palate, with signature aromas of red fruit (cherry, raspberry), morello cherry (hallmark), sweet spices, undergrowth and floral notes reminiscent of Pinot Noir. Fine ageing potential. Star of the great reds of the Austrian Burgenland, also grown in the Czech Republic. The German synonym for Saint Laurent, an indigenous Austrian black variety genetically related to Pinot Noir.