The Winery Mitre Rocks of Central Otago of South Island

Winery Mitre Rocks
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 268 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Central Otago in the region of South Island

The Winery Mitre Rocks is one of the best wineries to follow in Central Otago.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Central Otago to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Mitre Rocks wines

Looking for the best Winery Mitre Rocks wines in Central Otago among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Mitre Rocks 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 Mitre Rocks wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Mitre Rocks

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Mitre Rocks

How Winery Mitre Rocks wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of spaghetti squash bolognese style, small stuffed provençal dishes or rabbit à la lorientaise.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Mitre Rocks

On the nose the red wine of Winery Mitre Rocks. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Mitre Rocks. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Mitre Rocks

  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.46/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Central Otago

The wine region of Central Otago is located in the region of South Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Amisfield or the Domaine Felton Road produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Central Otago are Pinot noir et Pinot gris, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Central Otago often reveals types of flavors of cherry, perfume or pomegranate and sometimes also flavors of savory, sage or cedar.

In the mouth of Central Otago is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 277 estates and châteaux in the of Central Otago, producing 820 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Central Otago go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Mitre Rocks

Planning a wine route in the of Central Otago? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Mitre Rocks.

Discover the grape variety: Souvignier gris

Interspecific cross between Cabernet Sauvignon and Bronner obtained in 1983 by Norbert Becker in Freiburg (Germany). A resistance gene has been identified to oidium, no gene to mildew. It can be found in Germany, but also in Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, ... and in France.

News about Winery Mitre Rocks and wines from the region

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 ...

Scapegrace to build £13m distillery in Central Otago

The Scapegrace team claims it will be New Zealand’s largest ever distillery when it is fully completed in October 2023. It will eventually produce all of Scapegrace’s award-winning gins and vodkas, along with its soon-to-be-released single malt whisky. The company plans to expand into other spirits categories further down the line too. Managing director Daniel McLaughlin said that the climate and water quality in Central Otago – which is famed for its Pinot Noir – make the region ideal for produ ...

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

The word of the wine: Lightning

Large capacity barrel.