The Winery Paua Bay of Central Otago of South Island

Winery Paua Bay
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 154 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Central Otago in the region of South Island

The Winery Paua Bay is one of the best wineries to follow in Central Otago.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Central Otago to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Paua Bay wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Paua Bay

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Paua Bay

How Winery Paua Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of quick and easy monkfish tail, chicken bonne femme or confit sausages.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Paua Bay

On the nose the red wine of Winery Paua Bay. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Paua Bay. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Paua Bay

  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 2.90/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Central Otago

The world's southernmost vineyard, jewel of New Zealand Pinot Noir. Intense, deep reds with signature notes of black cherry, ripe plum, violet, wild thyme and sweet spices, velvety tannins and a freshness kept taut by cold nights — a fleshy, sun-soaked style. Also ample Pinot Gris (pear, honey), dry and off-dry Riesling with lively citrus, precise Chardonnay. Vineyards between 200-450 m on schist soils, continental climate.

Sub-zones: Bannockburn, Gibbston.

The top white wines of Winery Paua Bay

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Paua Bay

How Winery Paua Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of monkfish in foil, cream and tuna quiche or goat cheese and chorizo quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Paua Bay

On the nose the white wine of Winery Paua Bay. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Paua Bay. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Paua Bay

  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

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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Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

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.