Winery Piggs Peake - Pig Schist Touriga

Winery Piggs PeakePig Schist Touriga

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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 Pig Schist Touriga of Winery Piggs Peake is a red wine from the region of Hunter Valley of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud.
This wine generally goes well with beef

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The Pig Schist Touriga of Winery Piggs Peake matches generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of cabri en colombo with creole sauce.

Details and technical informations about Winery Piggs Peake's Pig Schist Touriga.

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

Discover the grape variety: Touriga franca

Most certainly Portuguese. It is said to be the result of a cross between the mourisco de semente and the touriga nacional, which should not be confused with it. It can be found in Australia, South Africa, the United States (California), etc. and is virtually unknown in France.

Last vintages of this wine

Pig Schist Touriga - 2015
In the top 100 of of Hunter Valley wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50

The best vintages of Pig Schist Touriga from Winery Piggs Peake are 2015

Informations about the Winery Piggs Peake

The winery offers 79 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is in the top 45 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Hunter Valley in the region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud

The Winery Piggs Peake is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 75 wines for sale in the of Hunter Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Nouvelle-Galles du Sud
In the top 20000 of of Australia wines
In the top 1500 of of Hunter Valley wines
In the top 250000 of red wines
In the top 400000 wines of the world

The wine region of Hunter Valley

The Hunter Valley is unquestionably the best known and most highly prized wine region in NewSouthWales. Its most famous wine style is its distinctive Dry Semillon, while Shiraz, is also long-established. It is also regarded as a pioneer of Australian Chardonnay. Hunter Valley Semillon Semillon was first planted here in the 1830s.


The wine region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud

The NewSouthWales wine appellation is made up of 16 different regions and covers approximately 810,000 square kilometres (312,000 square miles). This is the Size of the state of New South Wales, one of the six that make up the federal Commonwealth of Australia. Although it is one of the smallest Australian states geographically, it has been the most populous since the first European settlements in the 18th century. The South East Australia GI area is the largest in Australia and can include any wine produced in New South Wales as well as Victoria, Tasmania and Parts of South Australia.

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The word of the wine: Oenophile

A person who is interested in the world of wine and more particularly in wine tasting.

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