The Winery Tasman Bay of South Island

Winery Tasman Bay
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 2483 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in South Island

The Winery Tasman Bay is one of the best wineries to follow in South Island.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of South Island to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Tasman Bay wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Tasman Bay

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Tasman Bay

How Winery Tasman Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of the garbure, rice with tuna and tomato or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Tasman Bay

On the nose the white wine of Winery Tasman Bay. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Tasman Bay. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Tasman Bay

  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.00/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Gris
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of South Island

Central Otago, near the bottom of New Zealand's South Island, vies for the title of world's most southerly wine region. Vineyards cling to the sides of mountains and high above river gorges in this dramatic landscape. Pinot Noir has proven itself in this challenging Terroir, and takes up nearly three-quarters of the region's vineyard area. The typical Central Otago Pinot Noir is intense and deeply colored, with flavors of doris plum, Sweet spice and bramble.

Two Paddocks, owned by actor Sam Neill, had thought the Last Chance vineyard was the world's most southerly (at 45°15'). But several major Patagonian projects are underway at around 45 to 46°, and Argentina can currently claim the honor for Alejandro Bulgheroni's new vineyard at Sarmiento (45°60'). The viticultural zone covers the mountainous area around the tourist resort town of Queenstown on the eastern side of the Southern Alps. The exact boundaries and sub-regional divisions are not official, but a geographic indication is in the pipeline.

Wineries are scattered around several distinct sub-regions: Gibbston, Alexandra, Wanaka and the Cromwell Basin, itself home to Bendigo, Bannockburn and Lowburn. Lakes Dunstan, Wakatipu and Wanaka all contribute to the terroir as well, along with the Kawarau and Clutha Rivers. Gold brought the first settlers to the region in the 1860s, and most of the towns in this Part of Otago have a Rich gold-mining history. The first vines were planted during this time by a French migrant but, unlike in the Sierra Foothills region of California where the European settlers provided a steady demand for wines, the tough, transient Otago miners had no interest in drinking wine, preferring beer and spirits.

The top red wines of Winery Tasman Bay

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Tasman Bay

How Winery Tasman Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables and madeira sauce, cocotte chicken roulades or lamb chops marinated with herbs.

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris

Pinot Gris is a grey grape variety mutated from Pinot Noir. It has its origins in Burgundy, where it is called pinot-beurot in reference to the colour of the grey robes worn by the monks of the region. Established in Alsace since the 17th century, pinot gris was called tokay until 2007. It is made up of bunches of small berries that vary in colour from pink to blue-grey. It is particularly well suited to the continental climate because it is resistant to the cold in winter and to spring frosts. This variety also likes dry limestone soils with plenty of sunshine in the summer. Pinot Gris is well suited to late harvesting or to the selection of noble grapes, depending on the year and the concentration of sugars in the berries. Pinot Gris wines are distinguished by their aromatic complexity of white fruits, mushrooms, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, etc., and their great finesse. In the Loire Valley, pinot gris is used in the Coteaux-d'Ancenis appellations. It gives dry or sweet wines with pear and peach aromas.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Tasman Bay

Planning a wine route in the of South Island? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Tasman Bay.

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 Tasman Bay and wines from the region

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Taking place over a month, between the 11 December and the 10 January, the unique Decanter at Home online event provides the perfect opportunity to sample a range of fine wines and access a series of curated videos from leading winemakers and experts at a time that suits you.  A limited number of tickets are available for six world-class wine tasting masterclasses, including Bordeaux’s Château Angelus and Burgundy’s Bonneau du Martray, as well as general non-tasting tickets unlocking ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Extra-dry

Champagne with between 12 and 20 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).