The Winery Torrent Bay of South Island

Winery Torrent Bay
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 3911 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in South Island

The Winery Torrent Bay is one of the best wineries to follow in South Island.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of South Island to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Torrent Bay wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Torrent Bay

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

How Winery Torrent Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of bare-assed cockerel (ardennes), salmon steaks with cream sauce or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Torrent Bay

On the nose the white wine of Winery Torrent Bay. often reveals types of flavors of oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Torrent Bay. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Torrent Bay

  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Gewürztraminer
  • 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 Torrent Bay

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

How Winery Torrent Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef with pepper, vitello tonnato or the garbure.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Torrent Bay

  • 0With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. 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 vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

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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 Torrent Bay.

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.