The Maison Noire of Hawke's Bay of North Island

Maison Noire
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 546 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in Hawke's Bay in the region of North Island

The Maison Noire is one of the best wineries to follow in Hawke's Bay.. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Hawke's Bay to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Maison Noire wines

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

The top red wines of Maison Noire

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Maison Noire

How Maison Noire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of beef tongue with mushrooms, saffron pasta with prawns or tripe in the style of caen.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Maison Noire

In the mouth the red wine of Maison Noire. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Maison Noire

  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Maison Noire.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinot Noir
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Hawke's Bay

Reference for great New Zealand reds, warm maritime climate (2,200 h of sun). Bordeaux blends on Gimblett Gravels: round, fruity Merlot (plum, ripe cherry), firm Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, cedar), perfumed Cabernet Franc. Signature northern-Rhône-style Syrah: peppery and floral (violet, blackberry, black olive), fine tannins. Structured, mineral Chardonnay.

Also Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Gris. 4,600 ha around Napier-Hastings.

The top pink wines of Maison Noire

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Maison Noire

How Maison Noire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of stuffed beef rolls, chicken in red wine or rabbit with homemade mustard.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Maison Noire.

  • Cabernet Franc

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 Maison Noire

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Maison Noire

How Maison Noire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce, quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or goat cheese and spinach lasagne.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Maison Noire.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Thinning out

Operation consisting in eliminating the suckers that grow on the vine stocks.

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Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.