The Winery Waitiri Creek of Gibbston of South Island

Winery Waitiri Creek - Drummer Pinot Noir
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 2 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in Gibbston in the region of South Island

The Winery Waitiri Creek is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Gibbston to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Waitiri Creek wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Waitiri Creek

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Waitiri Creek

How Winery Waitiri Creek wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of thai beef curry, tournedos rossini with port sauce or rabbit with prunes in my grandmother's style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Waitiri Creek

On the nose the red wine of Winery Waitiri Creek. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Waitiri Creek

  • 2007With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.62/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Gibbston

The wine region of Gibbston is located in the region of Central Otago of South Island of New Zealand. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Wild Irishman or the Domaine Two Paddocks produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gibbston are Pinot noir, Pinot gris and Tempranillo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gibbston often reveals types of flavors of peach, red fruit or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, citrus fruit or floral.

In the mouth of Gibbston is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 10 estates and châteaux in the of Gibbston, producing 23 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Gibbston go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

The top pink wines of Winery Waitiri Creek

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Waitiri Creek

How Winery Waitiri Creek wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of old-fashioned pork roll, cassoulet of yesteryear or duck breast with honey.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Waitiri Creek

  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Pagadebiti

The white Pagadebiti is a grape variety originating from Italy. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. The white Pagadebiti can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Waitiri Creek

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

Discover the grape variety: Fer-servadou

Fer-servadou noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Gironde). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches, and grapes of small to medium size. Fer-servadou noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

News about Winery Waitiri Creek and wines from the region

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Best celebrity wines: How good are they?

Celebrities from all walks of fame are stepping into the wine world. Sports stars, actors, musicians and TV personalities are all jumping on the wine bandwagon, some owning vineyards and others getting more hands-on in the winemaking itself. This growing trend shows no sign of slowing with recent celebrities to launch their own wines including George Clooney, Gordon Ramsey and Gary Barlow. The Take That star follows in the footsteps of pop singer Kylie Minigue, who launched a successful range of ...

Edmond de Rothschild Heritage purchases Central Otago winery Akarua

The deal includes 34.5ha under vine in the heart of the mountainous Bannockburn sub-region. It is mainly planted with Pinot Noir, but there are pockets of Chardonnay and Riesling too. Sir Clifford Skeggs, a Kiwi businesmman, and Lady Marie Skeggs purchased the land for Akarua in 1995, and planting began the following year. The first wines were bottled from the 1999 vintage. Akarua is now firmly established as one of the largest family-owned operations in Central Otago, and its 100% estate-grown ...

The word of the wine: Old vines

There are no specific regulations governing the term "vieilles vignes". After 20 to 25 years, the yields stabilize and tend to decrease, the vines are deeply rooted, and the grapes that come from them give richer, more concentrated, more sappy wines, expressing with more nuance the characteristics of their terroir. It is possible to find plots of vines that claim to be a century old.