The Winery Rapaura Springs of Marlborough of South Island

Winery Rapaura Springs
The winery offers 20 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 27 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Marlborough in the region of South Island

The Winery Rapaura Springs is one of the world's great estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in of Marlborough to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Rapaura Springs wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Rapaura Springs

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Rapaura Springs

How Winery Rapaura Springs wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of german recipe for marinated meat: sauerbraten, ardéchoise fly or rabbit provencale (mario style).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Rapaura Springs

On the nose the red wine of Winery Rapaura Springs. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Rapaura Springs. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Rapaura Springs

  • 2017With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Marlborough

World reference for Sauvignon Blanc: aromatic, exuberant whites with signature notes of passion fruit, gooseberry, grapefruit and cut grass, sharp lively acidity and an iodised finish. King grape on 71% of the vineyard since 1972. Also fine, silky Pinot Noir (cherry, plum, spice), taut Chardonnay and lively Riesling. Traditional-method sparklers on the rise.

28,000 ha in the northeast of the South Island, sunny oceanic climate, stony soils.

The top white wines of Winery Rapaura Springs

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Rapaura Springs

How Winery Rapaura Springs wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of baeckeoffe with fish, zucchini and goat cheese quiche or pizza goat cheese and honey.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Rapaura Springs

On the nose the white wine of Winery Rapaura Springs. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, grapefruit or oaky and sometimes also flavors of tropical, citrus or apples. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Rapaura Springs. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Rapaura Springs

  • 2010With an average score of 4.27/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.25/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.01/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Gris

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.

The top pink wines of Winery Rapaura Springs

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Rapaura Springs

How Winery Rapaura Springs wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal paupiettes with mushrooms, macaroonade from sète or duck leg confit in cider.

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

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Length

Persistence in the mouth of a wine measured in caudalies.

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

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.