Winery Piggs PeakeWolfie
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or goat cheese.
The Wolfie of the Winery Piggs Peake is in the top 10 of wines of Hunter Valley.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Wolfie of Winery Piggs Peake in the region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud 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 Wolfie
Pairings that work perfectly with Wolfie
Original food and wine pairings with Wolfie
The Wolfie of Winery Piggs Peake matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of spaghetti bolognese, canned cassoulet or tomato and goat cheese mushroom tart.
Details and technical informations about Winery Piggs Peake's Wolfie.
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 Wolfie from Winery Piggs Peake are 2017, 2012, 2016, 2015 and 0.
Informations about the Winery Piggs Peake
The Winery Piggs Peake is one of of the world's greatest 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: Reduction
A physiological and chemical phenomenon that occurs in wine in the absence of oxygen. The smell of reduction is characterized by animal and sometimes fetid notes that disappear in principle with aeration. It is recommended to decant reduced wines.
