The Morton Estate is one of the best wineries to follow in Hawke's Bay.. It offers 37 wines for sale in of Hawke's Bay to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Morton Estate wines in Hawke's Bay among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Morton 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 Morton Estate wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Morton Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of venison bourguignon, ideas for savoury pancake toppings or quinoa patties with courgettes and fresh goat cheese.
On the nose the sparkling wine of Morton Estate. often reveals types of flavors of apples, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit.
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.
How Morton Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of simple pork roast, skate wing with shallots or broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry.
On the nose the white wine of Morton Estate. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, earth or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Morton Estate. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
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.
How Morton Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of daube niçoise, rack of lamb in a salt crust or flights in the wind à la provençale.
On the nose the red wine of Morton Estate. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Morton Estate. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Cultivated in the 19th century in all the northern vineyards, this black grape variety has largely regressed since. Very present in the Marne valley, it constitutes a third of the vineyards in Champagne, alongside pinot noir and chardonnay with which it is often blended. It brings roundness and red and yellow fruit aromas to champagnes. Pinot meunier is also the dominant grape variety in red and rosé wines in the Orleans AOC and the rare Touraine-Noble-Joué, a grey wine. Syn.: meunier.
How Morton Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or spicy food such as recipes of fillet of beef in a foie gras and truffle crust, roast duck with cider sauce or rib steak, tomato sauce, peppers..
Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
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Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.
