Winery Villa MariaCellar Selection Albariño
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Cellar Selection Albariño of Winery Villa Maria in the region of North Island often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Cellar Selection Albariño
Pairings that work perfectly with Cellar Selection Albariño
Original food and wine pairings with Cellar Selection Albariño
The Cellar Selection Albariño of Winery Villa Maria matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of eggs in meurette, baked sea bream or raoul's bouillabaisse.
Details and technical informations about Winery Villa Maria's Cellar Selection Albariño.
Discover the grape variety: Albarino
It is a Spanish variety, in Galicia to be precise, with its cradle in the Rias Baixas area, around Pontevedra and up to Orense. It would be a close relative of the Loureiro. Widely cultivated in Portugal, ... in France, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cellar Selection Albariño from Winery Villa Maria are 2018, 2016, 2019, 2017 and 0.
Informations about the Winery Villa Maria
The Winery Villa Maria is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 142 wines for sale in the of Gisborne to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Gisborne
The wine region of Gisborne is located in the region of North Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vinoptima or the Domaine Millton produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gisborne are Chardonnay, Pinot gris and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gisborne often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, earth or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, oak or non oak.
The wine region of North Island
New-zealand/north-island/northland">Northland, as its name suggests, is New Zealand's northernmost wine-producing region, around four hours' drive northwest of the country's largest city, Auckland. Most of the Northland region's wineries are situated on the east coast, particularly around the Bay of Islands and the Karikari Pensinula, with another cluster on the west coast near Kaitaia. The region's red wines are mostly produced from Syrah, Pinotage">Pinotage and the Hybrid variety Chambourcin. Chardonnay leads the way for white wine grape varieties; Pinot Gris, Viognier and Sauvignon Blanc are among the other varieties cultivated here.
The word of the wine: Thinning
Also known as green harvesting, the practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining bunches often gain weight.
