The Winery Aitken's Folly of South Island

Winery Aitken's Folly - Riverbank Road Chardonnay
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 1538 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in South Island

The Winery Aitken's Folly is one of the best wineries to follow in South Island.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of South Island to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Aitken's Folly wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Aitken's Folly

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Aitken's Folly

How Winery Aitken's Folly wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce, salmon with honey and soy or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Aitken's Folly

On the nose the white wine of Winery Aitken's Folly. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Aitken's Folly. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Aitken's Folly

  • 2016With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Aitken's Folly.

  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of South Island

Central Otago, near the bottom of New Zealand's South Island, vies for the title of world's most southerly wine region. Vineyards cling to the sides of mountains and high above river gorges in this dramatic landscape. Pinot Noir has proven itself in this challenging Terroir, and takes up nearly three-quarters of the region's vineyard area. The typical Central Otago Pinot Noir is intense and deeply colored, with flavors of doris plum, Sweet spice and bramble.

Two Paddocks, owned by actor Sam Neill, had thought the Last Chance vineyard was the world's most southerly (at 45°15'). But several major Patagonian projects are underway at around 45 to 46°, and Argentina can currently claim the honor for Alejandro Bulgheroni's new vineyard at Sarmiento (45°60'). The viticultural zone covers the mountainous area around the tourist resort town of Queenstown on the eastern side of the Southern Alps. The exact boundaries and sub-regional divisions are not official, but a geographic indication is in the pipeline.

Wineries are scattered around several distinct sub-regions: Gibbston, Alexandra, Wanaka and the Cromwell Basin, itself home to Bendigo, Bannockburn and Lowburn. Lakes Dunstan, Wakatipu and Wanaka all contribute to the terroir as well, along with the Kawarau and Clutha Rivers. Gold brought the first settlers to the region in the 1860s, and most of the towns in this Part of Otago have a Rich gold-mining history. The first vines were planted during this time by a French migrant but, unlike in the Sierra Foothills region of California where the European settlers provided a steady demand for wines, the tough, transient Otago miners had no interest in drinking wine, preferring beer and spirits.

The top red wines of Winery Aitken's Folly

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Aitken's Folly

How Winery Aitken's Folly wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of american style beef marinade, tripe in the style of caen or mixed paella valenciana.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Aitken's Folly

On the nose the red wine of Winery Aitken's Folly. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Aitken's Folly. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Aitken's Folly

  • 2015With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Aitken's Folly.

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

The top pink wines of Winery Aitken's Folly

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Aitken's Folly

How Winery Aitken's Folly wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Aitken's Folly

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Aitken's Folly. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Aitken's Folly

  • 2016With an average score of 4.60/5

The word of the wine: Grand Cru

In Burgundy, the fourth and final level of classification (above the regional, communal and premier cru appellations), designating the wines produced on delimited plots of land (the climats) whose name alone constitutes the appellation. The climats classified as Grand Cru are 32 in the Côte d'Or plus one in Chablis which is divided into 7 distinct climats. Representing barely 1.5% of the production, the Grand Crus are the aristocracy of Burgundy wines.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Aitken's Folly

Planning a wine route in the of South Island? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Aitken's Folly.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Aitken's Folly and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Grand Cru

In Burgundy, the fourth and final level of classification (above the regional, communal and premier cru appellations), designating the wines produced on delimited plots of land (the climats) whose name alone constitutes the appellation. The climats classified as Grand Cru are 32 in the Côte d'Or plus one in Chablis which is divided into 7 distinct climats. Representing barely 1.5% of the production, the Grand Crus are the aristocracy of Burgundy wines.