The Winery Thistledown of Barossa Valley of Australie du Sud

Winery Thistledown
The winery offers 38 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This estate is part of the Alliance Wine.
It is ranked in the top 283 of the estates of Australie du Sud.
It is located in Barossa Valley in the region of Australie du Sud

The Winery Thistledown is one of the best wineries to follow in Barossa Valley.. It offers 38 wines for sale in of Barossa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Thistledown wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Thistledown

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Thistledown

How Winery Thistledown wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or lamb such as recipes of beef mironton, pasta gratin with mortau sausage or sausage and vegetable risotto with cookéo.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Thistledown

On the nose the red wine of Winery Thistledown. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, red fruit or vegetal. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Thistledown. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Thistledown

  • 2011With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.86/5

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

  • Grenache
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Tempranillo

Discovering the wine region of Barossa Valley

World icon of Australian Shiraz: powerful, silky, sun-drenched king red with notes of jammy blackberry, plum, dark chocolate, liquorice and a touch of sweet spice, enveloping tannins — Penfolds Grange and Henschke Hill of Grace as mythical bottles. Fleshy, spicy old-vine Grenache (up to 180 years), dense Mourvèdre, structured Cabernet as complement. GI northeast of Adelaide (~11,600 ha), hot dry climate, pre-phylloxera vines founded by Silesians in the 19th c.

The top pink wines of Winery Thistledown

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Thistledown

How Winery Thistledown wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of rosbeef casserole mamie or ground steak in a seed coat.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Thistledown

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Thistledown. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Thistledown

  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Grenache

Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo

Elegant, structured reds with aromas of strawberry, cherry, plum, leather, blond tobacco and pronounced vanilla from long oak ageing. Ranges from Joven to Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva. Star of Rioja DOCa, Ribera del Duero DO and Toro DO, also shines in the Douro as Tinta Roriz/Aragonez. One of the world's most planted Spanish varieties.

The top white wines of Winery Thistledown

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Thistledown

How Winery Thistledown wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of light stuffed tomatoes, tuna pizza or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Thistledown

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Thistledown

  • 2015With an average score of 4.13/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Chardonnay

The word of the wine: Aging

Period during which a wine is kept in a cellar where it goes through different phases of evolution of its aromatic range and a maturation of its constituents (evolution of the colour, refining of the tannins, harmonization of the different flavours, etc.). The wine evolves better and less quickly in large containers, whereas it deteriorates prematurely in half-bottles.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Thistledown

Planning a wine route in the of Barossa Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Thistledown.

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Supple, sun-drenched reds with a deep ruby robe, smooth tannins and moderate acidity, with intense aromas of ripe red fruit (strawberry, raspberry, candied cherry), garrigue (thyme, bay), white pepper, kirsch and soft spice. Ample, warm palate. Absolute pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC, Gigondas, Côtes-du-Rhône, Tavel rosé, Priorat DOQ, Rioja (as Garnacha) and star of naturally sweet wines (Banyuls, Maury, Rasteau). Autochthonous Mediterranean variety from Aragon.

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