The Winery Stonecroft of Hawke's Bay of North Island

Winery Stonecroft - Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 20 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 217 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in Hawke's Bay in the region of North Island

The Winery Stonecroft is one of the best wineries to follow in Hawke's Bay.. It offers 20 wines for sale in of Hawke's Bay to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Stonecroft wines

Looking for the best Winery Stonecroft wines in Hawke's Bay among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Stonecroft 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 Stonecroft wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Stonecroft

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Stonecroft

How Winery Stonecroft wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of alsatian bäckeoffe, fillet of lamb in potato dressing or hawaiian pizza.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Stonecroft

On the nose the red wine of Winery Stonecroft. 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 Stonecroft. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Stonecroft

  • 2014With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Zinfandel

Discovering 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 top white wines of Winery Stonecroft

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Stonecroft

How Winery Stonecroft wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of melt-in-the-mouth pork tenderloin casserole, cannelloni with salmon and spinach or cream and tuna quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Stonecroft

On the nose the white wine of Winery Stonecroft. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Stonecroft. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Stonecroft

  • 2006With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Stonecroft

Planning a wine route in the of Hawke's Bay? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Stonecroft.

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Stonecroft and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Top DWWA award-winning wines on show at Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

At the 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards, the world’s largest wine competition saw its biggest year to date, with 18,094 wines tasted from 56 countries. Over 15 consecutive days in June 2021, almost 170 expert wine judges, including 44 Masters of Wine and 11 Master Sommeliers, awarded 50 Best in Show, 179 Platinum, 635 Gold, 5,607 Silver and 8,332 Bronze medals. Join Decanter at our Fine Wine Encounter NYC this June, where you will have the opportunity to sample 23 of these top awarded Gold, Plati ...

A silent story

Being notably peated, the inaugural chapter emerged in 2020, followed by Chapter Two in 2021, finished in a first fill Port pipe and refill Bourbon cask. The concluding sixth chapter is reserved for release in 2025, coinciding with the 200th anniversary of the foundation of the Old Midleton site, which operated from 1825 to 1975. ‘When it’s gone, it’s gone, which is sad in some ways, breaking the link to the old distillery,’ said Kevin O’Gorman, the Master Distiller and head of maturation of the ...

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.