Regions New Zealand Flashcards
Climate
Maritime
Weather Issues
Rainfall
Excessive growth
Interfering with ripening
Growing conditions and results
Long sunshine hours
cool nights from seabreeze
Long growing season
Hi sugar / flavor ripeness retained acid
Sauvignon Blanc All/ North Island / South
Flavor
methods
All: Pungent aroma, elderflower, passion fruit, hi acid
North: warmer tropical
South: cooler higher acid, green bell pepper, passionfruit
Inert vessel, cool ferment
some use oak
Chardonnay
Flavor
concentrated citrus, tropical fruit
toast and sweet spice from new French oak
Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris
Growing conditions
Styles
Dry autumn, cool nights enable aromatic development
dry to sweet
off dry popular
Pinot Noir
Rank
Regions
Style (tannin, texture, alcohol)
2
Mostly south island select north
Vibrant fruit, fine ripe tannin, soft texture high alcohol
Merlot
Rank
2
Cabernet Sauvginon
Uses
Regions
Blending to make blend
Adds tannin and cassis
North island for ripening
Syrah
Style
Cooler style like Rhone
Auckland
Weather
Issues
Grapes
Noteable region
warm / wet
Fungal
Chardonnay Merlot Syrah
Waheke Island for reds
Gisborne
Vineyard location
Rainfall level
Weather during growing season
Grapes
East coast on plain
High
Warm and long days
Chardonnay, full body Pinot Gris, hi q Gewurztraminer
Hawkes Bay
Vineyard location
Rank
Weather feature
Influences
Noteable area
Grapes
East coast on plain
#2
Warmest of all regions, long sunshine hours
Soil, altitude, aspects diverse
Gimblett Gravels - well drained heat absorbing
Cabernet, Merlot, Syrah, blends
Wairarapa
Vineyard location
Noteable area / grapes / weather / body / flavor
Southern tip of north island
Martinborough
Pinot Noir
Summer temp hi but wide diurnal
Medium-full body, dark plum, spice
Marlborough
Rank
Vineyard locations
Grapes
Styles
1
Wairau (largest) Awatere
Sauvignon Blanc #1, chardonnay, pinot noir, Riesling Pinot Gris
Still and sparkling
Wairau
Climate
Geo influences
Long sunny days, wide diurnal
Aspects and altitudes in southern valleys
Awatere
Climate versus Wairau
Wine style versus Wairau
Drier, cooler, windier
S Blanc higher acid, herbaceous, lack tropical fruit
Nelson
Location re: Wairau
Climate re: Marlborough
Grapes
NW
Cooler / wetter
Sauv Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir
Canterbury
Vineyard locations
Influences
Grapes
noteable in region
Plain west of Christchurch, Waipara Valley in North
Plain exposed to cooling Pacific and warm north easterly
Waipara warmed by north easterly winds, hills protect from ocean cooling
Sauv Blanc, Pinot Noir
Waipara - Riesling
Central Otaga
Location
Viineyard geo influences
Climate
Weather issue
Growing season weather
Sunlight effect
Primary Grape / body, flavor, intensity
Other grapes
Inland in foothills of Southern alps
Altitudes aspects soils
Continental
Frost
Warm high diurnal
Bright sunlight -> high alcohol
Pinot noir, full body, concentrated red fruit
Pinot Gris, Riesling, Chardonnay
