The Winery The Pass of Martinborough of North Island

Winery The Pass
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This estate is part of the Foley Family Wines.
It is ranked in the top 14 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in Martinborough in the region of North Island

The Winery The Pass is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Martinborough to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery The Pass wines

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

The top red wines of Winery The Pass

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery The Pass

How Winery The Pass wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon in the oven of nanou, escargots à la bordelaise or rabbit stew the old fashioned way.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery The Pass

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery The Pass

  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 2.90/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Martinborough

Small iconic GI of Wairarapa (southern tip of North Island, New Zealand): signature Pinot Noir as king red — structured and savory with notes of black plum, cherry, blackberry, mushroom, dried thyme, leather and a floral touch, fine tannins and signature mineral tension, "masculine" complex style contrasting with Central Otago. Lively Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay as complement. GI, well-drained gravel terraces and clay-limestone, windy semi-maritime.

The top white wines of Winery The Pass

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery The Pass

How Winery The Pass wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of seafood, chorizo and chicken paella from patou, spinach and goat cheese quiche or goat cheese and tomato cake.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery The Pass

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery The Pass

  • 2020With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

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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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