The Stanley Estates of Marlborough of South Island

Stanley Estates
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 446 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Marlborough in the region of South Island

The Stanley Estates is one of the best wineries to follow in Marlborough.. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Marlborough to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Stanley Estates wines

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

The top red wines of Stanley Estates

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Stanley Estates

How Stanley Estates wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with mustard, milanese osso buco or venison stew to be prepared the day before.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Stanley Estates

On the nose the red wine of Stanley Estates. often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, plum or pepper and sometimes also flavors of black fruits, oak or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Stanley Estates. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Stanley Estates

  • 2013With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.32/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Stanley Estates.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Lagrein
  • Merlot

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 white wines of Stanley Estates

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Stanley Estates

How Stanley Estates wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of basque piperade, steamed ginger fish (china) or norman mussels with cider.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Stanley Estates

On the nose the white wine of Stanley Estates. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, spices or vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Stanley Estates. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Stanley Estates

  • 2005With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.81/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Stanley Estates.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Albariño
  • Pinot Gris
  • Chardonnay

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.

The top sweet wines of Stanley Estates

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Stanley Estates

How Stanley Estates wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of squid rings with tomato, zucchini quiche or ratatouille goat cheese tatin.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Stanley Estates

On the nose the sweet wine of Stanley Estates. often reveals types of flavors of earth, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Stanley Estates

  • 0With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Stanley Estates.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Wrapped

Said of a wine rich in alcohol, but in which the mellowness dominates.

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Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.