The Winery Yealands of South Island

Winery Yealands
The winery offers 49 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This estate is part of the Yealands Wine Group.
It is ranked in the top 55 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in South Island

The Winery Yealands is one of the world's great estates. It offers 49 wines for sale in of South Island to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Yealands wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Yealands

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Yealands

How Winery Yealands wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of risotto of the sea, quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or tomato-zucchini-goat sunshine tart.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Yealands

On the nose the white wine of Winery Yealands. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cream or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical, citrus or apples. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Yealands. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Yealands

  • 2019With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.89/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Riesling
  • Pinot Gris
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Chardonnay
  • Grüner Veltliner

Discovering the wine region of South Island

New Zealand's southern island, cradle of the country's great wines. Sauvignon Blanc signature in Marlborough (~80% of national vineyard): explosive and tropical with grapefruit, passion fruit, boxwood, cut grass and mineral touch — global benchmark. Pinot Noir star in Central Otago (among the most southerly) and Waipara: airy with cherry, raspberry, undergrowth, thyme. Taut Riesling, precise Chardonnay, floral Pinot Gris.

Aromatic, chiselled style.

The top red wines of Winery Yealands

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Yealands

How Winery Yealands wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pot roast, blanquette of veal in the old way (self-cooker) or paella valenciana (without seafood).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Yealands

On the nose the red wine of Winery Yealands. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or blueberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Yealands. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Yealands

  • 2014With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Merlot
  • Tempranillo
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

The top pink wines of Winery Yealands

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Yealands

How Winery Yealands wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of atriaux en sauce, traditional welsh dark beer or potjevleesch.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Yealands

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Yealands. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Yealands

  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Castle

A term often used to designate wineries, even if they do not have a real castle.

The top sweet wines of Winery Yealands

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Yealands

How Winery Yealands wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of seafood lasagna, quiche without pastry or ravioli and lamb's lettuce salad.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Yealands

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Yealands. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Yealands

  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Yealands.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris

Rich, ample whites with a golden robe, showing aromas of pear, quince, honey, smoke, ginger and spice. Made as structured dry wines (Alsace AOC), off-dry and sumptuous late-harvest sweet (vendange tardive, sélection de grains nobles). Lighter and crisper in Italy as Pinot Grigio (Veneto, Friuli). Also in Germany (Grauburgunder), Hungary (Szürkebarát) and Oregon. A grey mutation of Pinot Noir.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Yealands

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Yealands

How Winery Yealands wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of summer tuna quiche, small cuttlefish a la plancha or escalopes savoyardes.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Yealands.

  • Pinot Gris

The word of the wine: Liquid

Sweet wine containing more than 50 grams of residual sugar per liter. Sweet wines are made from grapes often affected by botrytis cinerea and concentrated either by passerillage (drying of the grapes on the vine stock), or after the harvest (straw wines), or by the cold (ice wines).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Yealands

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

Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo

Elegant, structured reds with aromas of strawberry, cherry, plum, leather, blond tobacco and pronounced vanilla from long oak ageing. Ranges from Joven to Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva. Star of Rioja DOCa, Ribera del Duero DO and Toro DO, also shines in the Douro as Tinta Roriz/Aragonez. One of the world's most planted Spanish varieties.