The Winery Aitken's Folly of South Island

Winery Aitken's Folly
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 baked pumpkin, cod brandade or ham and comté quiche.

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
  • 0With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 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

New Zealand's southern island, cradle of the country's great wines. Sauvignon Blanc signature in Marlborough (~80% of national vineyard): explosive and tropical with grapefruit, passion fruit, boxwood, cut grass and mineral touch — global benchmark. Pinot Noir star in Central Otago (among the most southerly) and Waipara: airy with cherry, raspberry, undergrowth, thyme. Taut Riesling, precise Chardonnay, floral Pinot Gris.

Aromatic, chiselled style.

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 beef tagliata with truffle oil, express veal stew in a pressure cooker or canned duck confit.

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
  • 0With 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

Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.

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
  • 0With an average score of 4.20/5

The word of the wine: Primeur

Said of wines from the last vintage and, by extension, wines of the year, fruity and easy-drinking, put on sale on the third Thursday in November. The AOC regulations specify that a wine is said to be primeur if it is bottled before the spring, and nouveau if it is bottled before the following harvest. Beaujolais Nouveau is therefore a vin primeur.

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

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.