The Winery Spy Mountain of Central Otago of South Island

Winery Spy Mountain
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 215 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Central Otago in the region of South Island

The Winery Spy Mountain is one of the best wineries to follow in Central Otago.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Central Otago to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Spy Mountain wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Spy Mountain

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Spy Mountain

How Winery Spy Mountain wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast monkfish with bacon, locro criollo (argentina) or home-made cassoulet.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Spy Mountain

On the nose the red wine of Winery Spy Mountain. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Spy Mountain. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Spy Mountain

  • 2017With an average score of 2.33/5
  • 2018With an average score of 2.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 2.14/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Central Otago

The wine region of Central Otago is located in the region of South Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Amisfield or the Domaine Felton Road produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Central Otago are Pinot noir et Pinot gris, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Central Otago often reveals types of flavors of cherry, perfume or pomegranate and sometimes also flavors of savory, sage or cedar.

In the mouth of Central Otago is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 277 estates and châteaux in the of Central Otago, producing 820 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Central Otago go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

The top white wines of Winery Spy Mountain

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Spy Mountain

How Winery Spy Mountain wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of flammekueche (with laughing cow), parsley knives or beef fajitas.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Spy Mountain

On the nose the white wine of Winery Spy Mountain. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or floral. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Spy Mountain. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Spy Mountain

  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Spy Mountain

Planning a wine route in the of Central Otago? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Spy Mountain.

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.

News about Winery Spy Mountain and wines from the region

Scapegrace to build £13m distillery in Central Otago

The Scapegrace team claims it will be New Zealand’s largest ever distillery when it is fully completed in October 2023. It will eventually produce all of Scapegrace’s award-winning gins and vodkas, along with its soon-to-be-released single malt whisky. The company plans to expand into other spirits categories further down the line too. Managing director Daniel McLaughlin said that the climate and water quality in Central Otago – which is famed for its Pinot Noir – make the region ideal for produ ...

Decanter World Wine Awards 2022: Results announced

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Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

The word of the wine: Village

Term used in certain regions to identify a particular sector within a larger appellation (Beaujolais, Côtes-du-Rhône).