Winery Wairau RiverAlbariño
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
Food and wine pairings with Albariño
Pairings that work perfectly with Albariño
Original food and wine pairings with Albariño
The Albariño of Winery Wairau River matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of ham and cheese cake, salmon and spinach lasagna or grilled lobster with tarragon cream sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery Wairau River's 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 Albariño from Winery Wairau River are 2016, 0, 2017, 2018
Informations about the Winery Wairau River
The Winery Wairau River is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of Marlborough to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Marlborough
The wine region of Marlborough is located in the region of South Island of New Zealand. We currently count 1237 estates and châteaux in the of Marlborough, producing 3419 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Marlborough go well with generally quite well with dishes .
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: Decanting
Decanting, an operation performed by a sommelier with a decanter to separate the clear wine from the solid parts in a bottle.
