Winery Pegasus BayMalbec

Red wine of Waipara of South Island of New Zealand

4.1

(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 Malbec of Winery Pegasus Bay is a red wine from the region of Waipara of South Island.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or mature and hard cheese.
The Malbec of the Winery Pegasus Bay is in the top 50 of wines of Waipara.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Oak

Earth

Spices

On the nose the Malbec of Winery Pegasus Bay in the region of South Island often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Malbec

Pairings that work perfectly with Malbec

Original food and wine pairings with Malbec

Spicy food

The Malbec of Winery Pegasus Bay matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of pasta al forno (baked pasta), pasta shells or savoury endive puff pastry.

Details and technical informations about Winery Pegasus Bay's Malbec.

Winery

Winery Pegasus Bay

Grape varieties

Malbec

Region/Great wine region

Great wine region

Country

Style of wine

Alcohol

13°

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

Last vintages of this wine

Malbec - 2017

In the top 50 of of Waipara wines

Average rating: 4.1

Malbec - 2014

In the top 50 of of Waipara wines

Average rating: 4.3

The best vintages of Malbec from Winery Pegasus Bay are 2014, 2017

Informations about the Winery Pegasus Bay

The winery offers 26 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 4.

This winery is part of the Donaldson Family Ltd..

It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Waipara in the region of South Island

The Winery Pegasus Bay is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of Waipara to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 2500 of of New Zealand wines

In the top 60 of of Waipara wines

In the top 90000 of red wines

In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of Waipara

The wine region of Waipara is located in the region of Canterbury of South Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Pegasus Bay or the Domaine Pegasus Bay produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Waipara are Pinot noir, Riesling and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Waipara often reveals types of flavors of cherry, pear or mango and sometimes also flavors of guava, gooseberry or passion fruit.

The wine region of South Island

Central Otago, near the bottom of New Zealand's South Island, vies for the title of world's most southerly wine region. Vineyards cling to the sides of mountains and high above river gorges in this dramatic landscape. Pinot Noir has proven itself in this challenging Terroir, and takes up nearly three-quarters of the region's vineyard area. The typical Central Otago Pinot Noir is intense and deeply colored, with flavors of doris plum, Sweet spice and bramble.

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