The Winery Lime Rock of Hawke's Bay of North Island

Winery Lime Rock
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 179 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in Hawke's Bay in the region of North Island

The Winery Lime Rock is one of the best wineries to follow in Hawke's Bay.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Hawke's Bay to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Lime Rock wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Lime Rock

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

How Winery Lime Rock wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of quick beef and cheese yakitori, mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche or pheasant with mushrooms and tomatoes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Lime Rock

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Lime Rock

  • 2010With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinot Noir
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Hawke's Bay

The wine region of Hawke's Bay is located in the region of North Island of New Zealand. We currently count 274 estates and châteaux in the of Hawke's Bay, producing 1268 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Hawke's Bay go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top white wines of Winery Lime Rock

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

How Winery Lime Rock wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of stuffed pumpkin, salmon in brick pastry or catalan zarzuela.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Lime Rock

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Lime Rock

  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Grüner Veltliner
  • Pinot Gris
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

The top pink wines of Winery Lime Rock

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

How Winery Lime Rock wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of vitello alla genovese (roast veal with sponge cake), pork gyros or cassoulet of yesteryear.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Lime Rock

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

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

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Bright

Said of a wine whose acidity is the dominant characteristic, making it fresh and nervous.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Lime Rock

Planning a wine route in the of Hawke's Bay? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Lime Rock.

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

News about Winery Lime Rock and wines from the region

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What the Decanter team is drinking this Christmas

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The word of the wine: Bright

Said of a wine whose acidity is the dominant characteristic, making it fresh and nervous.