The Winery Waipara Springs of Canterbury of South Island

Winery Waipara Springs
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 65 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Canterbury in the region of South Island

The Winery Waipara Springs is one of the world's great estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Canterbury to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Waipara Springs wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Waipara Springs

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Waipara Springs

How Winery Waipara Springs wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of roast pork in the oven, tartiflette with smoked salmon or zucchini quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Waipara Springs

On the nose the white wine of Winery Waipara Springs. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, tropical fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak or earth. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Waipara Springs. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Waipara Springs

  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.72/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Pinot Gris

Discovering the wine region of Canterbury

East coast of New Zealand's South Island, temperate dry climate, clay-limestone and alluvial soils. Flagship sub-region: Waipara Valley. Signature Pinot Noir as red king: fine and silky with red cherry, raspberry, wild strawberry, undergrowth, violet and spice, fine tannins and elegant palate. Taut vibrant Riesling as star white (lime, green apple, blossom, kerosene with age), floral Pinot Gris, precise Chardonnay, lively Sauvignon.

Chiselled wines.

The top red wines of Winery Waipara Springs

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Waipara Springs

How Winery Waipara Springs wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tanjia, osso bucco of veal or duck legs with cider and small onions.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Waipara Springs

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Waipara Springs

  • 2009With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.43/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

The top pink wines of Winery Waipara Springs

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Waipara Springs

How Winery Waipara Springs wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of milanese cutlets like in italy, pork roulades with cream and mushrooms or saddle of hare jura style.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Waipara Springs

  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Vent (taste of)

A defect that characterizes a wine exposed to the air, and which has lost its aromatic qualities.

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

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.