The Winery Vavasour of Marlborough of South Island

Winery Vavasour
The winery offers 22 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 210 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Marlborough in the region of South Island

The Winery Vavasour is one of the best wineries to follow in Marlborough.. It offers 22 wines for sale in of Marlborough to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Vavasour wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Vavasour

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Vavasour

How Winery Vavasour wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of cassoulet, tuna provencal style or nanie's diced ham quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Vavasour

On the nose the white wine of Winery Vavasour. often reveals types of flavors of cream, oaky or citrus and sometimes also flavors of peach, butter or minerality. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Vavasour. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Vavasour

  • 2018With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.84/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Gris
  • Riesling

Discovering the wine region of Marlborough

World reference for Sauvignon Blanc: aromatic, exuberant whites with signature notes of passion fruit, gooseberry, grapefruit and cut grass, sharp lively acidity and an iodised finish. King grape on 71% of the vineyard since 1972. Also fine, silky Pinot Noir (cherry, plum, spice), taut Chardonnay and lively Riesling. Traditional-method sparklers on the rise.

28,000 ha in the northeast of the South Island, sunny oceanic climate, stony soils.

The top red wines of Winery Vavasour

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Vavasour

How Winery Vavasour wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef mironton, veal tagine with artichokes and lemons or venison leg in casserole.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Vavasour

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Vavasour

  • 2016With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.

The top pink wines of Winery Vavasour

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Vavasour

How Winery Vavasour wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew provencal style, cannelloni of meat or rabbit with cider and prunes.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Vavasour

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Vavasour. often reveals types of flavors of vegetal, red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Vavasour

  • 0With an average score of 4.30/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc

The word of the wine: Local wine

Table wine, but with the origin indicated. It corresponds to a particular legislation: the freedom to use grape varieties is greater than for the AOC, but the quality criteria such as the approval tastings can sometimes be more demanding. The legislation is still evolving, but for the moment there are three levels: regional (e.g. Vin de Pays d'Oc), departmental and local (e.g. Côtes de Thongue).

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

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.