The Winery Maori Bay of Marlborough of South Island

Winery Maori Bay - Pinot Noir
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 311 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Marlborough in the region of South Island

The Winery Maori Bay is one of the best wineries to follow in Marlborough.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Marlborough to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Maori Bay wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Maori Bay

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Maori Bay

How Winery Maori Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of spanish stew (cocido), oxtail confit in red wine or duck aiguillettes with apples.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Maori Bay

On the nose the red wine of Winery Maori Bay. 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 Maori Bay. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Maori Bay

  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Marlborough

The wine region of Marlborough is located in the region of South Island of New Zealand. We currently count 1237 estates and châteaux in the of Marlborough, producing 3419 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Marlborough go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top white wines of Winery Maori Bay

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Maori Bay

How Winery Maori Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of aïoli, summer tuna quiche or goat cheese and bacon quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Maori Bay

On the nose the white wine of Winery Maori Bay. 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 Maori Bay. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Maori Bay

  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Maori Bay

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

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Winery Maori Bay and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Decanter World Wine Awards winners available at Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer is no stranger to achieving top scores at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA), and to celebrate its results the leading retailer has selected its favourite award-winning wines from this year’s awards, for customers to purchase exclusively on marksandspencer.com. Customers can choose from a carefully selected mix of six delicious winter-warming reds; an irresistible mix of crisp, refreshing, complex white wines from the Old and New World; a mix of both red and white wi ...

Edmond de Rothschild Heritage purchases Central Otago winery Akarua

The deal includes 34.5ha under vine in the heart of the mountainous Bannockburn sub-region. It is mainly planted with Pinot Noir, but there are pockets of Chardonnay and Riesling too. Sir Clifford Skeggs, a Kiwi businesmman, and Lady Marie Skeggs purchased the land for Akarua in 1995, and planting began the following year. The first wines were bottled from the 1999 vintage. Akarua is now firmly established as one of the largest family-owned operations in Central Otago, and its 100% estate-grown ...

The word of the wine: Cuvée

Often followed by a name that allows for recognition and identification, the word "cuvée" designates a specific wine within the production of a winemaker. This wine is characterized by a specific grape variety, a type of maturation and an organoleptic profile. All the vintages of a domain constitute a range.