The Winery Makaraka of North Island

Winery Makaraka - Cabernet Sauvignon
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 beef with mustard, lamb curl or chinese fondue.

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 spaghetti neapolitan style, turkey escalope with curry or ultra-fast and yet so light....

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: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

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: Acidity

When present without excess, acidity contributes to the balance of the wine, giving it freshness and nervousness. But when it is very high, it becomes a defect, giving it a biting and green character. On the other hand, if it is insufficient, the wine is soft.

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: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. 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 vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

News about Winery Makaraka and wines from the region

Nomad winemaker: Why I make wine in Spain

When I started my nomadic winemaking project, in 2018 at Niepoort Vinhos in Portugal’s Douro region, I had no idea how large a part Spain would go on to play – I certainly never intended to make it the locus of my project. So how did it happen? Yes, there was an element of chance and taking opportunities where they arose. But also, among the talented winemakers to whom I pitched collaborations, I sensed an openness and a readiness to collaborate which seemed particular to Spain. Held in June las ...

Decanter World Wine Awards 2022: Results announced

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Andrew Jefford: ‘Arresting and generous, but without vulgarity or excess’

Layers of colour in the sky before me: indigo, peach, salmon. In the rear-view mirror, the gold was catching fire. As I drove down through the lonely, Mistral-chilled vines of Babeau-Bouldoux towards nearby St-Chinian, I was thinking about what Christine Deleuze of Clos Bagatelle had just said. ‘When you came to visit 10 years ago,’ she reminded me, ‘you said we needed to wait another decade for a market breakthrough. Today you’ve said we need to wait another decade or two. So when, exactly, wil ...

The word of the wine: Acidity

When present without excess, acidity contributes to the balance of the wine, giving it freshness and nervousness. But when it is very high, it becomes a defect, giving it a biting and green character. On the other hand, if it is insufficient, the wine is soft.