Winery WaimeaSauvignon Gris
White wine
This wine generally goes well with
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Sauvignon Gris of Winery Waimea in the region of South Island often reveals types of flavors of earth, vegetal or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit.
Details and technical informations about Winery Waimea's Sauvignon Gris.
Discover the grape variety: Sauvignonasse
Would be the friulano - before 2007 called tocai friulano - from Veneto in Italy. It would be a distant relative of furmint and Jean-Michel Boursiquot (2019) states that it is the father or mother of chenin blanc. However, Sauvignonasse has nothing to do with Sauvignon Blanc, which it was once mixed with in the Sauternes region. It can be found in Italy, Chile, Argentina, Russia, ... practically more multiplied in France.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Sauvignon Gris from Winery Waimea are 2015, 2019, 2016, 0
Informations about the Winery Waimea
The Winery Waimea is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 38 wines for sale in the of Nelson to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Nelson
The wine region of Nelson is located in the region of South Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Latitude 41 or the Domaine Seifried Estate produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Nelson are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Pinot gris, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Nelson often reveals types of flavors of dark fruit, clove or baking spice and sometimes also flavors of bramble, kiwi or savory.
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.
The word of the wine: Sulphating
Treatment, formerly practiced with copper sulfate, applied to the vine to prevent cryptogamic diseases.
