The Winery Kaikoura Bay of Marlborough of South Island

Winery Kaikoura Bay
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 37 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Marlborough in the region of South Island

The Winery Kaikoura Bay is one of the world's great estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Marlborough to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Kaikoura Bay wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Kaikoura Bay

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Kaikoura Bay

How Winery Kaikoura Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of texas style ribs / loin ribs, codfish portuguese style or magic cake cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Kaikoura Bay

On the nose the white wine of Winery Kaikoura Bay. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, vegetal or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Kaikoura Bay. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Kaikoura Bay

  • 2020With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Marlborough

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.

The top red wines of Winery Kaikoura Bay

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Kaikoura Bay

How Winery Kaikoura Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of meat and goat pie, douez battata with cardoons (moroccan lamb stew) or normandy style escalope.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Kaikoura Bay

On the nose the red wine of Winery Kaikoura Bay. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Kaikoura Bay. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Kaikoura Bay

  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.31/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.31/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.

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Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.