The Winery Mills Reef of Hawke's Bay of North Island

Winery Mills Reef
The winery offers 40 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 20 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in Hawke's Bay in the region of North Island

The Winery Mills Reef is one of the world's great estates. It offers 40 wines for sale in of Hawke's Bay to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Mills Reef wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Mills Reef

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Mills Reef

How Winery Mills Reef wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of braciola (southern italy), ghormeh sabzi (iranian herbed lamb stew) or melt-in-the-mouth pork tenderloin casserole.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Mills Reef

On the nose the red wine of Winery Mills Reef. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Mills Reef. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Mills Reef

  • 2007With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.09/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.88/5

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

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

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 white wines of Winery Mills Reef

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Mills Reef

How Winery Mills Reef wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of rabbit in sauce, zucchini gratin with tuna and tomato or quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Mills Reef

On the nose the white wine of Winery Mills Reef. 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 Mills Reef. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Mills Reef

  • 2019With an average score of 4.25/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.86/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Gris
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Mills Reef

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Mills Reef

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

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Mills Reef

  • 0With an average score of 3.50/5

The word of the wine: Provignage

A vine reproduction technique that consists of burying a vine shoot that takes root and reproduces a plant with the same characteristics as the vine to which it is attached.

The top pink wines of Winery Mills Reef

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Mills Reef

How Winery Mills Reef wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of thai beef skewers or veal head with vinaigrette.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Mills Reef.

  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.

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Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris

Rich, ample whites with a golden robe, showing aromas of pear, quince, honey, smoke, ginger and spice. Made as structured dry wines (Alsace AOC), off-dry and sumptuous late-harvest sweet (vendange tardive, sélection de grains nobles). Lighter and crisper in Italy as Pinot Grigio (Veneto, Friuli). Also in Germany (Grauburgunder), Hungary (Szürkebarát) and Oregon. A grey mutation of Pinot Noir.