The Winery Rockway of Niagara Peninsula of Ontario

Winery Rockway
The winery offers 48 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 676 of the estates of Ontario.
It is located in Niagara Peninsula in the region of Ontario
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The Winery Rockway is one of the best wineries to follow in Niagara Peninsula.. It offers 48 wines for sale in of Niagara Peninsula to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Rockway wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Rockway

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Rockway

How Winery Rockway wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of potjevleesch, spinach, goat cheese and salmon quiche or leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Rockway

On the nose the white wine of Winery Rockway. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Rockway. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Rockway

  • 0With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Chardonnay
  • Vidal

Discovering the wine region of Niagara Peninsula

Niagara Peninsula is the largest and most productive viticultural area in Canada, located on the Southern shores of Lake Ontario. It stretches roughly 55km (35 miles) between the eastern limits of Hamilton city in the west and the left bank of the Niagara River as it flows into Lake Ontario. The VQA covers over 13,000 acres (5,200 hectares) oand produces mainly cool Climate varieties such as Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc. It also produces a large Volume of ice wine.

Indeed, 90 percent of Canada's ice wine is made here, which makes the region the biggest producer of the style on earth. Needless to say, most other styles of wine are covered in Niagara Peninsula, from rosé and Sparkling wines, to Central-ranges/orange">Orange wines and Pét-nats (Pétillant naturels). The region boasts nearly 100 wineries, producing over 10 million litres of wine annually. The geographical Niagara Peninsula appears within the strip of land that runs west-to-east between Lake Ontario in the North and Lake Erie in the south.

The "peninsula" is formed by the Niagara River that flows northwards, between the two lakes. The river also marks the international boundary between Ontario, Canada and the US state of New York. The viticultural zone is confined to the northern half of the Peninsula, however, between the southern shore of Lake Ontario and the land just south of the Niagara Escarpment. The Escarpment, a 650-mile-long (1050km) limestone ridge that runs from upstate New York through the Great Lakes region, has a profound effect on the Terroir here.

The top red wines of Winery Rockway

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Rockway

How Winery Rockway wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of autumn leaves, rolled lamb shoulder with herbs or veal cutlets with savoy tomme.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Rockway

On the nose the red wine of Winery Rockway. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Rockway. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Rockway

  • 2012With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.54/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Baco Noir
  • Malbec

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

The top pink wines of Winery Rockway

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Rockway

How Winery Rockway wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef bobotie, irish stew or pasta shells.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Rockway

  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Vidal

The word of the wine: Tastevin

Metal cup, wide and of low height, being used to mirror and taste the wine. Still used in wine brotherhoods for its emblematic and folkloric character, the tastevin has been replaced by the various tasting glasses.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Rockway

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

Discover the grape variety: Baco noir

It is the only vinifera-riparia that has been commercialized. It is the result of crossing the folle blanche with the riparia grand glabre created in 1902 by François Baco. Depending on the region, we can still find some small plots of black Baco vines often mixed with other varieties. You will also find trellises or arbors installed a long time ago in front of old houses and still maintained in a more than remarkable way thanks to the great vigour of this variety. It should be noted that there is also a white baco resulting from the crossing of the folle blanche by the noah and resembling much the latter.