Winery Elephant Hill - Rania

Winery Elephant HillRania

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Rania of Winery Elephant Hill is a sweet wine from the region of Hawke's Bay of North Island.
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Rania of Winery Elephant Hill in the region of North Island often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Elephant Hill's Rania.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Villard

Villard blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhône-Alpes valley). It is a variety resulting from a cross of the same species (interspecific hybridization). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. It should be noted that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches and large grapes. The white Villard can be found in several vineyards: Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

Last vintages of this wine

Rania - 2012
In the top 100 of of Hawke's Bay wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Rania - 2011
In the top 100 of of Hawke's Bay wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Rania from Winery Elephant Hill are 2012, 2011

Informations about the Winery Elephant Hill

The winery offers 43 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 20 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Hawke's Bay in the region of North Island

The Winery Elephant Hill is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 43 wines for sale in the of Hawke's Bay to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine North Island
In the top 3500 of of New Zealand wines
In the top 500 of of Hawke's Bay wines
In the top 7000 of sweet wines
In the top 300000 wines of the world

The wine region of Hawke's Bay

The wine region of Hawke's Bay is located in the region of North Island of New Zealand. We currently count 274 estates and châteaux in the of Hawke's Bay, producing 1268 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Hawke's Bay go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of North Island

New-zealand/north-island/northland">Northland, as its name suggests, is New Zealand's northernmost wine-producing region, around four hours' drive northwest of the country's largest city, Auckland. Most of the Northland region's wineries are situated on the east coast, particularly around the Bay of Islands and the Karikari Pensinula, with another cluster on the west coast near Kaitaia. The region's red wines are mostly produced from Syrah, Pinotage">Pinotage and the Hybrid variety Chambourcin. Chardonnay leads the way for white wine grape varieties; Pinot Gris, Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc are among the other varieties cultivated here.

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The Morey Saint Denis appellation seen by Laurent Lignier

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The word of the wine: Tiled

Said of the colour of an evolved wine that has taken on brick and orange hues.

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