The Winery Melton Estate of Canterbury of South Island

Winery Melton Estate
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 107 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Canterbury in the region of South Island

The Winery Melton Estate is one of the best wineries to follow in Canterbury.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Canterbury to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Melton Estate wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Melton Estate

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Melton Estate

How Winery Melton Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of rabbit stew the old fashioned way, chicken colombo or turkey blanquette with mushrooms.

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

  • Pinot Gris

Discovering the wine region of Canterbury

The wine region of Canterbury is located in the region of South Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bell Hill or the Domaine Pyramid Valley Vineyards produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Canterbury are Pinot noir, Riesling and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Canterbury often reveals types of flavors of cherry, lemon zest or lime and sometimes also flavors of apricot, ginger or lemon.

In the mouth of Canterbury is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 43 estates and châteaux in the of Canterbury, producing 98 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Canterbury go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

The top sparkling wines of Winery Melton Estate

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Melton Estate

How Winery Melton Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of salted lentils, lemon and tuna risotto or coconut curry cauliflower in the cookeo.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Melton Estate

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Melton Estate. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Melton Estate

  • 0With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Melton Estate.

  • Riesling

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.

The top red wines of Winery Melton Estate

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Melton Estate

How Winery Melton Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew provencal style, home-made coq au vin or rabbit with marengo sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Melton Estate

On the nose the red wine of Winery Melton Estate. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Melton Estate. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Melton Estate

  • 0With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Bâtonnage

A very old technique that has come back into fashion in modern oenology, which consists of shaking the white wine in the barrels at the end of fermentation, or after fermentation, with a stick or a flail, in order to suspend the fine lees composed of yeasts at the end of their activity. This process is sometimes used for red wines.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Melton Estate

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

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. 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 Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.