The Winery The Crater Rim of Canterbury of South Island

Winery The Crater Rim
The winery offers 28 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 56 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Canterbury in the region of South Island

The Winery The Crater Rim is one of the world's great estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in of Canterbury to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery The Crater Rim wines

Looking for the best Winery The Crater Rim wines in Canterbury among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery The Crater Rim 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 The Crater Rim wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery The Crater Rim

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery The Crater Rim

How Winery The Crater Rim wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of whiskey paupiettes, lamb tagine with prunes and almonds or pork blanquette.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery The Crater Rim

On the nose the white wine of Winery The Crater Rim. often reveals types of flavors of oak, tree fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery The Crater Rim. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery The Crater Rim

  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Pinot Gris
  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Viognier

Discovering the wine region of Canterbury

The wine region of Canterbury is located in the region of South Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bell Hill or the Domaine Pyramid Valley Vineyards produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Canterbury are Pinot noir, Riesling and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Canterbury often reveals types of flavors of cherry, lemon zest or lime and sometimes also flavors of apricot, ginger or lemon.

In the mouth of Canterbury is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 43 estates and châteaux in the of Canterbury, producing 98 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Canterbury go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

The top red wines of Winery The Crater Rim

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery The Crater Rim

How Winery The Crater Rim wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with balsamic sauce, atriaux en sauce or duck breast with honey and raspberry vinegar.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery The Crater Rim

On the nose the red wine of Winery The Crater Rim. often reveals types of flavors of earth, red fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery The Crater Rim. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery The Crater Rim

  • 2010With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.65/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

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.

The top pink wines of Winery The Crater Rim

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery The Crater Rim

How Winery The Crater Rim wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of bigos (polish sauerkraut with paprika), savoyard crozet gratin or rabbit with mustard in a casserole.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery The Crater Rim.

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Density per hectare

Number of vines per hectare. For the same yield, a vine planted with 3,000 vines per hectare bears many more bunches (per vine) than a vine planted with 10,000. The grapes will therefore be less rich in sugar and polyphenols (tannins, aromas...).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery The Crater Rim

Planning a wine route in the of Canterbury? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery The Crater Rim.

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 The Crater Rim and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Bussières

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Bussières, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Cruzille

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Cruzille, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWi ...

An overview of Saint-Véran appellation

Let’s have a look at Saint-Véran vineyard and discover the magnificent and very diverse landscapes of this appellation situated in the South of Bourgogne. Saint-Véran is one of the 5 Village appellations with Pouilly-Fuissé, Pouilly-Vinzelles, Pouilly-Loché and Viré-Clessé. Like them, it produces only white wines from the Chardonnay grape. What makes it special is that the vineyard is cut in two dinstinct parts by the vineyard of Pouilly-Fuissé. As anywhere else in the vineyard in Bourgogn ...

The word of the wine: Density per hectare

Number of vines per hectare. For the same yield, a vine planted with 3,000 vines per hectare bears many more bunches (per vine) than a vine planted with 10,000. The grapes will therefore be less rich in sugar and polyphenols (tannins, aromas...).