Winery Rod McDonald - Te Awanga Estate Wildsong Sparkling Cuvée Sauvignon Blanc

Winery Rod McDonaldTe Awanga Estate Wildsong Sparkling Cuvée Sauvignon Blanc

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Te Awanga Estate Wildsong Sparkling Cuvée Sauvignon Blanc of Winery Rod McDonald is a sparkling wine from the region of Hawke's Bay of North Island.
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.

Food and wine pairings with Te Awanga Estate Wildsong Sparkling Cuvée Sauvignon Blanc

Pairings that work perfectly with Te Awanga Estate Wildsong Sparkling Cuvée Sauvignon Blanc

Original food and wine pairings with Te Awanga Estate Wildsong Sparkling Cuvée Sauvignon Blanc

The Te Awanga Estate Wildsong Sparkling Cuvée Sauvignon Blanc of Winery Rod McDonald matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of skate with vinegar and capers, quick crayfish chicken or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

Details and technical informations about Winery Rod McDonald's Te Awanga Estate Wildsong Sparkling Cuvée Sauvignon Blanc.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon-Rytos

An interspecific cross between Sauvignon Blanc and Bianca obtained in Italy and in 2002 by the University of Udine and the Institute of Applied Genetics. It should not be confused with the sauvignon-kretos. It can be found in Germany, Poland, ... in France it is almost unknown.

Last vintages of this wine

Te Awanga Estate Wildsong Sparkling Cuvée Sauvignon Blanc - 2018
In the top 100 of of Hawke's Bay wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Te Awanga Estate Wildsong Sparkling Cuvée Sauvignon Blanc from Winery Rod McDonald are 2018

Informations about the Winery Rod McDonald

The winery offers 68 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 40 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Hawke's Bay in the region of North Island

The Winery Rod McDonald is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 60 wines for sale in the of Hawke's Bay to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine North Island
In the top 6000 of of New Zealand wines
In the top 950 of of Hawke's Bay wines
In the top 40000 of sparkling wines
In the top 500000 wines of the world

The wine region of Hawke's Bay

The wine region of Hawke's Bay is located in the region of North Island of New Zealand. We currently count 274 estates and châteaux in the of Hawke's Bay, producing 1268 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Hawke's Bay go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of North Island

New-zealand/north-island/northland">Northland, as its name suggests, is New Zealand's northernmost wine-producing region, around four hours' drive northwest of the country's largest city, Auckland. Most of the Northland region's wineries are situated on the east coast, particularly around the Bay of Islands and the Karikari Pensinula, with another cluster on the west coast near Kaitaia. The region's red wines are mostly produced from Syrah, Pinotage">Pinotage and the Hybrid variety Chambourcin. Chardonnay leads the way for white wine grape varieties; Pinot Gris, Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc are among the other varieties cultivated here.

News related to this wine

The Rully appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...

Chablis: #locationmatters by Yang LU

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In this first 90-second clip, Yang LU explains how location is the key to understanding “Why Chablis is special”. #Chablis #PureChablis ...

The Irancy appellation seen by Clotilde Davenne

Clotilde Davenne, from the eponymous estate, mentions the cherry as a main characteristic of the Irancy appellation. She tells us about the Pinot Noir variety which reveals, in its northern location of Bourgogne, lots of freshness and fruitiness that gives the appellation a very special place among the wines of the region. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (June 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https: ...

The word of the wine: Grafting

A method used since the phylloxera crisis, consisting of fixing a graft of local origin on a rootstock resistant to phylloxera.

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