The Winery Tongue in Groove of Wairarapa of North Island

Winery Tongue in Groove
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 59 of the estates of North Island.
It is located in Wairarapa in the region of North Island

The Winery Tongue in Groove is one of the world's great estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Wairarapa to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Tongue in Groove wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Tongue in Groove

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Tongue in Groove

How Winery Tongue in Groove wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pork tongue with bacon and onions, cutlets with portuguese sauce or duck breast and roasted peaches.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Tongue in Groove

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Tongue in Groove

  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Wairarapa

Southern tip of New Zealand's North Island, an hour east of Wellington, heart of the Martinborough appellation. Climate and soils compared to Burgundy. Pinot Noir is the signature red king (national reference with Central Otago): spicy, earthy profile with black cherry, plum, blackberry, undergrowth, pepper, thyme and a smoky touch, fine tannins and a dense palate. Taut, herbaceous Sauvignon Blanc, precise buttery Chardonnay, floral Pinot Gris, peppery Syrah.

Elegant signature wines.

The top white wines of Winery Tongue in Groove

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Tongue in Groove

How Winery Tongue in Groove wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of hawaiian poke bowl, festive sea pot or navarin of lamb.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Tongue in Groove

On the nose the white wine of Winery Tongue in Groove. often reveals types of flavors of floral, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or dried fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Tongue in Groove. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Tongue in Groove

  • 2013With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Pinot Gris
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Riesling

Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris

Rich, ample whites with a golden robe, showing aromas of pear, quince, honey, smoke, ginger and spice. Made as structured dry wines (Alsace AOC), off-dry and sumptuous late-harvest sweet (vendange tardive, sélection de grains nobles). Lighter and crisper in Italy as Pinot Grigio (Veneto, Friuli). Also in Germany (Grauburgunder), Hungary (Szürkebarát) and Oregon. A grey mutation of Pinot Noir.

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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.