The Winery Willow Ridge of Geelong of Victoria

Winery Willow Ridge - Central Victoria Chardonnay
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 49 of the estates of Victoria.
It is located in Geelong in the region of Victoria

The Winery Willow Ridge is one of the world's great estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Geelong to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Willow Ridge wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Willow Ridge

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Willow Ridge

How Winery Willow Ridge wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of home-made coq au vin, tuna sandwich or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Willow Ridge

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Willow Ridge. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Willow Ridge.

  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Geelong

The wine region of Geelong is located in the region of Port Phillip of Victoria of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine By Farr or the Domaine By Farr produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Geelong are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Geelong often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cassis or baking spice and sometimes also flavors of menthol, rhubarb or pomegranate.

In the mouth of Geelong is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 57 estates and châteaux in the of Geelong, producing 259 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Geelong go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

The top red wines of Winery Willow Ridge

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Willow Ridge

How Winery Willow Ridge wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of harira de mamie (moroccan soup), lamb mice confit in port wine or duck casserole with turnips.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Willow Ridge

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Willow Ridge. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Willow Ridge

  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Willow Ridge.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Pinot Noir

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 Willow Ridge

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

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Willow Ridge 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 ...

Top Australian winery Giant Steps gets new head winemaker

Australia’s Giant Steps said that Melanie Chester joined the winery as head of winemaking and viticulture on 25 November. It marks a new chapter for one of the leading wineries in Yarra Valley, Victoria. Steve Flamsteed, who joined Giant Steps as chief winemaker in 2003, will step back from the cellar – although he is expected to continue working closely with the team. Working alongside winery founder Phil Sexton, Flamsteed has played a major role in developing Giant Steps’ reputation for excell ...

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: Aging

Period during which a wine is kept in a cellar where it goes through different phases of evolution of its aromatic range and a maturation of its constituents (evolution of the colour, refining of the tannins, harmonization of the different flavours, etc.). The wine evolves better and less quickly in large containers, whereas it deteriorates prematurely in half-bottles.