The Winery Kalex of Central Otago of South Island

Winery Kalex
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 252 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Central Otago in the region of South Island

The Winery Kalex is one of the best wineries to follow in Central Otago.. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Central Otago to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Kalex wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Kalex

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Kalex

How Winery Kalex wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef coarse salt, guinea fowl with olives or saddle of hare jura style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Kalex

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Kalex

  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

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 pink wines of Winery Kalex

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Kalex

How Winery Kalex wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chicken breast with curry and mushrooms, white cabbage with bacon or turnip confit with parma cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Kalex

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Kalex. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Kalex

  • 2013With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

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 white wines of Winery Kalex

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Kalex

How Winery Kalex wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of my chef's pot, salmon and goat cheese quiche or three-cheese tart (roquefort, goat, emmental).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Kalex

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Kalex

  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Riesling
  • Pinot Gris

The word of the wine: Green harvest or green harvesting

The practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining grapes tend to gain weight.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Kalex

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Kalex

How Winery Kalex wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of andouillette de troyes with chaource sauce, very simple spaghetti carbonara or pheasant casserole with cabbage.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Kalex

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Kalex. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Kalex

  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Kalex.

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

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.

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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.