The Takapoto Estate of Central Otago of South Island

Takapoto Estate
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.5.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of South Island.
It is located in Central Otago in the region of South Island
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The Takapoto Estate is one of the best wineries to follow in Central Otago.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Central Otago to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Takapoto Estate wines

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

The top red wines of Takapoto Estate

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Takapoto Estate

How Takapoto Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew provencal style, potjevleesch (meat in a pot) or duck with orange.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Takapoto Estate

On the nose the red wine of Takapoto Estate. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, raspberry or pepper. In the mouth the red wine of Takapoto Estate. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Takapoto Estate

  • 2017With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Takapoto Estate.

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Central Otago

The world's southernmost vineyard, jewel of New Zealand Pinot Noir. Intense, deep reds with signature notes of black cherry, ripe plum, violet, wild thyme and sweet spices, velvety tannins and a freshness kept taut by cold nights — a fleshy, sun-soaked style. Also ample Pinot Gris (pear, honey), dry and off-dry Riesling with lively citrus, precise Chardonnay. Vineyards between 200-450 m on schist soils, continental climate.

Sub-zones: Bannockburn, Gibbston.

The top white wines of Takapoto Estate

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Takapoto Estate

How Takapoto Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of sausages with kale, skate with vinegar and capers or quiche lorraine.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Takapoto Estate

On the nose the white wine of Takapoto Estate. 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 Takapoto Estate. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Takapoto Estate

  • 0With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Takapoto Estate.

  • 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.

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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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