The Winery Makaraka of North Island

Winery Makaraka
The winery offers 20 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 208 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in North Island

The Winery Makaraka is one of the best wineries to follow in North Island.. It offers 20 wines for sale in of North Island to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Makaraka wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Makaraka

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Makaraka

How Winery Makaraka wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of lomo saltado, shoulder of lamb on a bed of potatoes or chicken el diablo.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Makaraka

On the nose the red wine of Winery Makaraka. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Makaraka. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Makaraka

  • 2019With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.10/5

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

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

Discovering the wine region of North Island

New-zealand/north-island/northland">Northland, as its name suggests, is New Zealand's northernmost wine-producing region, around four hours' drive northwest of the country's largest city, Auckland. Most of the Northland region's wineries are situated on the east coast, particularly around the Bay of Islands and the Karikari Pensinula, with another cluster on the west coast near Kaitaia. The region's red wines are mostly produced from Syrah, Pinotage">Pinotage and the Hybrid variety Chambourcin. Chardonnay leads the way for white wine grape varieties; Pinot Gris, Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc are among the other varieties cultivated here.

Although Northland's contribution to the New Zealand wine industry is minuscule (in 2013, the region crushed 130 metric tonnes of grapes, compared to Marlborough's 250,000), it is important historically. The first vines were planted in the Bay of Islands in 1819, a Full 30 years before missionaries began planting in the Hawkes Bay. The founding father of viticulture in the Antipodes, James Busby, had a Vineyard at his house at Waitangi before going on to establish the Hunter Valley wine region in Australia. This Waitangi property is also where New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, was signed in 1840.

In the late 1800s, kauri-gum diggers from Croatia began to move into the area in search of fortune, bringing winemaking traditions from their homeland. While viticulture in the region has never been viable on a large scale, Northland's boutique wine industry is growing fast, with the Northland Wine Growers Association (formed in 2007) boasting a membership of more than 50. Northland's sub-tropical Climate is unique in New Zealand. Warm, humid summers and rainy winters are challenging for growers, who must employ careful vineyard techniques to avoid mildew and rot.

The top white wines of Winery Makaraka

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Makaraka

How Winery Makaraka wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of baked salmon mediterranean style, veal tagine with preserved lemons and saffron or tarte tatin.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Makaraka

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Makaraka

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Gris

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 Makaraka

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Makaraka

How Winery Makaraka wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Piccolo

Small bottle with a capacity of 20 centilitres.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Makaraka

Planning a wine route in the of North Island? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Makaraka.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris

Pinot Gris is a grey grape variety mutated from Pinot Noir. It has its origins in Burgundy, where it is called pinot-beurot in reference to the colour of the grey robes worn by the monks of the region. Established in Alsace since the 17th century, pinot gris was called tokay until 2007. It is made up of bunches of small berries that vary in colour from pink to blue-grey. It is particularly well suited to the continental climate because it is resistant to the cold in winter and to spring frosts. This variety also likes dry limestone soils with plenty of sunshine in the summer. Pinot Gris is well suited to late harvesting or to the selection of noble grapes, depending on the year and the concentration of sugars in the berries. Pinot Gris wines are distinguished by their aromatic complexity of white fruits, mushrooms, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, etc., and their great finesse. In the Loire Valley, pinot gris is used in the Coteaux-d'Ancenis appellations. It gives dry or sweet wines with pear and peach aromas.

News about Winery Makaraka and wines from the region

Chablis takes pride in its subsoil by Ivy NG

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In this two-and-a-half-minute clip, Yvy NG describes the unique subsoil that Chablis is so proud of. ...

The Morey Saint Denis appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Morey-Saint-Denis appellation. The vineyard lies on an intensely fractured area. Several characteristic zones can be distinguished, we can say that each Climat has its own personality. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in April 2021 ...

The appellations of Bourgogne

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The word of the wine: Piccolo

Small bottle with a capacity of 20 centilitres.