The Winery Rongopai of Marlborough of South Island

Winery Rongopai
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 47 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Marlborough in the region of South Island

The Winery Rongopai is one of the world's great estates. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Marlborough to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Rongopai wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Rongopai

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Rongopai

How Winery Rongopai wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of shrimp, coconut and ginger soup, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or goat cheese and tapenade tart.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Rongopai

On the nose the white wine of Winery Rongopai. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, tropical or citrus and sometimes also flavors of peach, minerality or lemon. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Rongopai. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Rongopai

  • 2015With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2021With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.19/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2023With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Pinot Gris
  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling

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 red wines of Winery Rongopai

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Rongopai

How Winery Rongopai wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew express, osso bucco or cassoulet.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Rongopai

On the nose the red wine of Winery Rongopai. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Rongopai. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Rongopai

  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.38/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.38/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris

Rich, ample whites with a golden robe, showing aromas of pear, quince, honey, smoke, ginger and spice. Made as structured dry wines (Alsace AOC), off-dry and sumptuous late-harvest sweet (vendange tardive, sélection de grains nobles). Lighter and crisper in Italy as Pinot Grigio (Veneto, Friuli). Also in Germany (Grauburgunder), Hungary (Szürkebarát) and Oregon. A grey mutation of Pinot Noir.