The Winery Ransom of North Island

Winery Ransom
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 838 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in North Island

The Winery Ransom is one of the best wineries to follow in North Island.. It offers 13 wines for sale in of North Island to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Ransom wines

Looking for the best Winery Ransom wines in North Island among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Ransom 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 Ransom wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Ransom

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Ransom

How Winery Ransom wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of coconut from paimpol, potato and tuna gratin or shrimps with curry and coconut milk.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Ransom

On the nose the white wine of Winery Ransom. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Ransom

  • 0With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Albariño
  • Pinot Gris

Discovering the wine region of North Island

New Zealand's North Island, warmer and more varied than the South Island. Bordeaux varieties and Pinot Noir as signatures. Merlot in Hawke's Bay as a supple red with notes of plum, ripe cherry, fresh herbs and a spicy touch, round tannins — blended with Cabernet and peppery Syrah. Fine Pinot Noir in Wairarapa/Martinborough (cherry, undergrowth).

Ample Chardonnay in Gisborne ('Chardonnay capital'), taut Sauvignon, floral Pinot Gris. Maritime temperate climate. Varied vineyard.

The top red wines of Winery Ransom

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Ransom

How Winery Ransom wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of slow-cooked fillet of beef, lamb tagine with apricots (morocco) or broccoli gratin.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Ransom

On the nose the red wine of Winery Ransom. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, spices or red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Ransom

  • 2011With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.13/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Carménère
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.

The top pink wines of Winery Ransom

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Ransom

How Winery Ransom wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of celine's version of moussaka (5th meeting), lamb mouse with onions and red wine or garantita or karantita (algerian recipe).

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Ransom

  • 0With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Ransom.

  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Mineral

Taste reminiscent of gunflint, chalk and many nuances of the mineral world, and reinforcing, especially in white wines, the notion of freshness and the sappy character.

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Planning a wine route in the of North Island? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Ransom.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris

Rich, ample whites with a golden robe, showing aromas of pear, quince, honey, smoke, ginger and spice. Made as structured dry wines (Alsace AOC), off-dry and sumptuous late-harvest sweet (vendange tardive, sélection de grains nobles). Lighter and crisper in Italy as Pinot Grigio (Veneto, Friuli). Also in Germany (Grauburgunder), Hungary (Szürkebarát) and Oregon. A grey mutation of Pinot Noir.