The Winery Kirrihill of Mount Lofty Ranges of Australie du Sud

Winery Kirrihill - Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 77 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 48 of the estates of Australie du Sud.
It is located in Mount Lofty Ranges in the region of Australie du Sud

The Winery Kirrihill is one of the world's great estates. It offers 77 wines for sale in of Mount Lofty Ranges to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Kirrihill wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Kirrihill

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Kirrihill

How Winery Kirrihill wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of celine's version of moussaka (5th meeting), lamb shoulder confit or potato cakes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Kirrihill

On the nose the red wine of Winery Kirrihill. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or citrus fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Kirrihill. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Kirrihill

  • 2013With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.75/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Montepulciano
  • Nero d'Avola
  • Sangiovese

Discovering the wine region of Mount Lofty Ranges

The Mount Lofty Ranges is a wine zone in SouthAustralia encompassing the wine regions of Adelaide Hills, Clare Valley and Adelaide Plains. It is named after the range of mountains to the east of the city of Adelaide. In line with South Australia's other winegrowing areas, conditions within the zone are strongly influenced by variations in topography, including altitude, proximity to the coast and a wide array of soil types. As a result, the three Mount Lofty regions have different climatic and grape-growing conditions.

For example, the Adelaide Hills region has a distinctly cool Climate, which assists in the production of varieties such as Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Riesling. It also specializes in Sparkling wines. By contrast, Adelaide Plains is very Warm, due to a lack of elevation, and mostly produces red wines. Clare Valley's wine production is ruled by its continental climate.

The Mount Lofty Ranges zone borders the Barossa Valley on three sides, but the Barossa and Eden Valleys fall within the Barossa Zone.

The top white wines of Winery Kirrihill

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Kirrihill

How Winery Kirrihill wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of truffade (auvergne - cantal - 15), baked cod portuguese style or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Kirrihill

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Kirrihill

  • 2015With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.44/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Gris
  • Pinot Grigio
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

The top pink wines of Winery Kirrihill

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Kirrihill

How Winery Kirrihill wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of beef stew provencal style, potjevleesch (meat in a pot) or butternut and goat cheese gratin.

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

  • Sangiovese

The word of the wine: Maceration

Prolonged contact and exchange between the juice and the grape solids, especially the skin. Not to be confused with the time of fermentation, which follows maceration. The juice becomes loaded with colouring matter and tannins, and acquires aromas. For a rosé, the maceration is short so that the colour does not "rise" too much. For white wines too, a "pellicular maceration" can be practised, which allows the wine to acquire more fat.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Kirrihill

Planning a wine route in the of Mount Lofty Ranges? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Kirrihill.

Discover the grape variety: Nero d'Avola

Most certainly of Italian origin, more precisely from Sicily where it is very well known. It should be noted that a certain number of Italian grape varieties bear the synonym or name "calabrese", whether or not followed by an epithet, and care should be taken not to confuse them. Calabrese is also known in the United States, Italy, Bulgaria and Malta. In France, it is virtually absent from the vineyard, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1.

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The word of the wine: Maceration

Prolonged contact and exchange between the juice and the grape solids, especially the skin. Not to be confused with the time of fermentation, which follows maceration. The juice becomes loaded with colouring matter and tannins, and acquires aromas. For a rosé, the maceration is short so that the colour does not "rise" too much. For white wines too, a "pellicular maceration" can be practised, which allows the wine to acquire more fat.