The Winery Whistling Duck is one of the world's great estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Southern New South Wales to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Whistling Duck wines in Southern New South Wales among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Whistling Duck 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 Whistling Duck wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Whistling Duck wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of stuffed peppers, pasta with chicken or lamb tagine with prunes.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Whistling Duck. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Whistling Duck. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Southern New South Wales is an Australian wine zone covering a roughly rectangular area around the capital, Canberra. Stretching for approximately 100 miles (160km) North and south of Canberra, the zone reaches right down to the southern edge of New South Wales, where it meets the eastern edge of Victoria">Victoria. Although not traditionally known as a source of prime Australian wines, the zone is home to some of the country's most promising new wine regions, often producing cooler Climate wines from relatively high altitude Vineyards.
As a Young wine region Australia's most popular Grape varieties dominate its vineyard inventory.
Shiraz, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon have led the way in the early years of the 21st century, with Shiraz increasing its dominance. As with the whole of New South Wales, Aromatic whites Viognier and Verdelho are growing in popularity here, with Verdelho plantings in particular increasing more than tenfold.
Canberra, the Australian administrative capital since it was sited, designed and constructed in the early 20th Century, gained its own wine-specific GI (Geographical Indication) in February 1998. Its GI covers the entire Canberra District but also contiguous parts of New South Wales, which surrounds the Australian Capital Territory.
Lying at the Center of southern New South Wales, this area is by far the most densely populated but by no means the most densely planted, producing only a small percentage of the zone's annual output.
Tumbarumba lies 120 kilometers (75 miles) south-west of Canberra, near the New South Wales border with Victoria. Here, on the inland edge of the southern Great Dividing Range, the climate is considerably drier than further east, with a classic continental climate. A northern section of the Australian Alps, the hills here are known as the Snowy Mountains; most Tumbarumba vineyards lie between 300 and 800 meters (1000 and 2600ft), making this one of Australia's most promising cooler viticultural regions.
How Winery Whistling Duck wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of paupiettes with tomato sauce, pan-fried potatoes with smoked salmon and rosemary or salmon and goat cheese quiche.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Whistling Duck. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Whistling Duck. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
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.
How Winery Whistling Duck wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of sweet and sour turkish dumpling soup (eksili köfte), trapper's barbecue or pasta with puttanesca sauce.
Aroma reminiscent of banana, candy, and sometimes nail polish, particularly present in primeur wines. The amylic taste is reminiscent of the aromas of industrial confectionery and does not reflect a great expression of terroir.
Planning a wine route in the of Southern New South Wales? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Whistling Duck.
