The Winery Ōhau of North Island

Winery Ōhau
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 282 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in North Island

The Winery Ōhau is one of the best wineries to follow in North Island.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of North Island to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Ōhau wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Ōhau

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Ōhau

How Winery Ōhau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of tagliatelle with seafood and saffron cream, magic cake cheese quiche or butternut squash stuffed with goat cheese, thyme and garlic.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Ōhau

On the nose the white wine of Winery Ōhau. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, gooseberry or microbio and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, citrus fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Ōhau. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Ōhau

  • 2013With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.72/5

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

  • Pinot Gris
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering 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.

Although Northland's contribution to the New Zealand wine industry is minuscule (in 2013, the region crushed 130 metric tonnes of grapes, compared to Marlborough's 250,000), it is important historically. The first vines were planted in the Bay of Islands in 1819, a Full 30 years before missionaries began planting in the Hawkes Bay. The founding father of viticulture in the Antipodes, James Busby, had a Vineyard at his house at Waitangi before going on to establish the Hunter Valley wine region in Australia. This Waitangi property is also where New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, was signed in 1840.

In the late 1800s, kauri-gum diggers from Croatia began to move into the area in search of fortune, bringing winemaking traditions from their homeland. While viticulture in the region has never been viable on a large scale, Northland's boutique wine industry is growing fast, with the Northland Wine Growers Association (formed in 2007) boasting a membership of more than 50. Northland's sub-tropical Climate is unique in New Zealand. Warm, humid summers and rainy winters are challenging for growers, who must employ careful vineyard techniques to avoid mildew and rot.

The top pink wines of Winery Ōhau

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Ōhau

How Winery Ōhau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of rabbit with hunter's sauce, rabbit with prunes or duck breast with balsamic vinegar.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Ōhau

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Ōhau. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Ōhau

  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Gris

Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris

Pinot Gris is a grey grape variety mutated from Pinot Noir. It has its origins in Burgundy, where it is called pinot-beurot in reference to the colour of the grey robes worn by the monks of the region. Established in Alsace since the 17th century, pinot gris was called tokay until 2007. It is made up of bunches of small berries that vary in colour from pink to blue-grey. It is particularly well suited to the continental climate because it is resistant to the cold in winter and to spring frosts. This variety also likes dry limestone soils with plenty of sunshine in the summer. Pinot Gris is well suited to late harvesting or to the selection of noble grapes, depending on the year and the concentration of sugars in the berries. Pinot Gris wines are distinguished by their aromatic complexity of white fruits, mushrooms, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, etc., and their great finesse. In the Loire Valley, pinot gris is used in the Coteaux-d'Ancenis appellations. It gives dry or sweet wines with pear and peach aromas.

The top red wines of Winery Ōhau

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Ōhau

How Winery Ōhau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of oxtail and carrot stew, provencal veal tendrons or my mother's rabbit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Ōhau

On the nose the red wine of Winery Ōhau. 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 Winery Ōhau. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Ōhau

  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Blanc de blancs (champagne)

Champagne made only from the Chardonnay grape. The expression has been somewhat overused by the intensive use made of it by certain large distributors of white table wines (or sparkling wines) who were thus seeking to promote their product.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Ōhau

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

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Winery Ōhau and wines from the region

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Théo et Hugo Merlin

Théo and Paul Merlin are winegrowers at the Domaine Merlin, they emphasizes the characteristics of the appellation Mâcon La Roche Vineuse. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogn ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Uchizy

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Uchizy, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

An overview of Morey Saint Denis appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Morey-Saint-Denis, typical of the côte de Nuits region. Situated at the center of this region, the vineyard neighbours the appellation Gevrey-Chambertin to the north and Chambolle-Musigny to the south. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb ...

The word of the wine: Blanc de blancs (champagne)

Champagne made only from the Chardonnay grape. The expression has been somewhat overused by the intensive use made of it by certain large distributors of white table wines (or sparkling wines) who were thus seeking to promote their product.