Winery Piggs PeakeSuckling Pig Zinfandel
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or goat cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Suckling Pig Zinfandel
Pairings that work perfectly with Suckling Pig Zinfandel
Original food and wine pairings with Suckling Pig Zinfandel
The Suckling Pig Zinfandel of Winery Piggs Peake matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of beef tongue with mushrooms, lamb tagine with onions, purple olives and lemons... or lasagna with courgettes and fresh goat cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Piggs Peake's Suckling Pig Zinfandel.
Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel
Generous, high-alcohol reds with a dark robe and indulgent palate, showing aromas of stewed blackberry, raspberry, black pepper, liquorice, cinnamon and cooked fruit. Also vinified as a popular sweet rosé (White Zinfandel). Star of California (Lodi, Sonoma, Dry Creek Valley, Paso Robles) with sought-after century-old vines. Identical to Italian Primitivo and Croatian Crljenak Kaštelanski by DNA analysis.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Suckling Pig Zinfandel from Winery Piggs Peake are 2018, 0, 2017
Informations about the Winery Piggs Peake
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.
The wine region of Hunter Valley
Cradle of Australian viticulture (1825), 160 km north of Sydney. World signature: dry low-alcohol Sémillon (10-11°) with fresh citrus notes in youth, evolving after 10-15 years to candied lemon, toast, honey and beeswax, spectacular ageing. Medium-bodied "Hunter style" Shiraz, supple and earthy (leather, plum, sweet spices), capable of decades. Also Chardonnay and Verdelho.
The wine region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud
Australia's 2nd wine state with diverse regions. Iconic Hunter Valley: a Sémillon unlike any other, straight, low-alcohol dry whites with vivid citrus when young, evolving over 10-20 years toward honey, toast and lanolin. Medium-bodied Hunter Shiraz, spicy and earthy (leather, red fruits). Also round Chardonnay and aromatic Verdelho.
The word of the wine: Severe
Said of a red wine that is generally young, very marked by tannins and astringent. See austere.
