The Winery Wantirna Estate of Port Phillip of Victoria

Winery Wantirna Estate - Amelia Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 36 of the estates of Victoria.
It is located in Port Phillip in the region of Victoria

The Winery Wantirna Estate is one of the world's great estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Port Phillip to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Wantirna Estate wines

Looking for the best Winery Wantirna Estate wines in Port Phillip among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Wantirna Estate 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 Wantirna Estate wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Wantirna Estate

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Wantirna Estate

How Winery Wantirna Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of baked lasagna, pasta with auvergne blue cheese or lamb tagine with prunes and almonds.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Wantirna Estate

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Wantirna Estate

  • 2017With an average score of 4.37/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Wantirna Estate.

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Port Phillip

Port Phillip is a qualitatively significant wine-producing zone in the Australian state of Victoria. Named for the bay it surrounds, it benefits both from its location near the state capital Melbourne and the high quality of its Terroir, which produces some of Australia's most important wines, Particularly in the Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula GIs (Geographical Indications). Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are among the most important grape varieties made here with Australia's favorite grape variety Shiraz also figuring in the inventory. Like most large-scale wine zones, there is considerable variation in both topography and Climate throughout Port Phillip.

Overall, the zone can be classed as cool climate, mostly thanks to the close proximity to the Bass Strait that separates Tasmania from the mainland. Cool winds help to extend the growing season here, offering some respite from high sunshine hours and maintaining levels of Acidity in the grapes. Port Phillip Bay itself also provides this service. Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula are Port Phillip's most significant regions, but the lesser-known Sunbury, Macedon Ranges and Geelong GIs also fall under the catchment of the zone.

There are more than 200 wineries within these five regions, most of which are small, boutique operations showcasing their produce through the Cellar doors which have become an intrinsic part of the Australian wine culture. Port Phillip's main legacy is one of quality, not quantity. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay dominate the conversation in Port Phillip; these Burgundy classics are responsible for some of the zone's most sought-after wines. Shiraz is important as well and takes on a very different flavor profile in the cool climate, that being more inclined toward spice than rich fruit.

The top white wines of Winery Wantirna Estate

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Wantirna Estate

How Winery Wantirna Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of reblochon tartiflette, sea bass wrapped in salt crust or summer tuna quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Wantirna Estate

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Wantirna Estate

  • 2017With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Wantirna Estate.

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Wantirna Estate

Planning a wine route in the of Port Phillip? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Wantirna Estate.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Wantirna Estate and wines from the region

Rhône Valley Wine Tour with Matt Walls

We are excited to announce the first of Decanter’s Wine Experiences, a series of carefully curated wine trips hosted by our regional wine specialists. Each trip is a carefully tailored once-in-a-lifetime experience that will grant guests access to the best vineyards, restaurants and wine experts of the region.   Starting with a trip to the Rhône valley, Matt Walls will be hosting the first Decanter Wine Experience, imparting his knowledge of the region which he has honed over the years while rep ...

Rhône Valley Wine Tour with Matt Walls

We are excited to announce the first of Decanter’s Wine Experiences, a series of carefully curated wine trips hosted by our regional wine specialists. Each trip is a carefully tailored once-in-a-lifetime experience that will grant guests access to the best vineyards, restaurants and wine experts of the region.   Starting with a trip to the Rhône valley, Matt Walls will be hosting the first Decanter Wine Experience, imparting his knowledge of the region which he has honed over the years while rep ...

Hitting the right note

Last year, there was much mirth on wine Twitter about a particularly excruciating tasting note. You’re right. The wine trade needs to get out more. But still… this one was a beauty. It began well enough – really quite beautiful, in fact. But before long the imaginative descriptions were getting more ornate and strained. It moved from poetic to meaningless before finishing with a reference to Burnt Norton – the first of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets – that put it firmly in Private Eye magazine’s ...

The word of the wine: Expressive

Said of a wine that is full-bodied and offers well-defined aromas.