New Zeeland wine

New Zeeland in wine – New Zeeland is one of the youngest wine countries in the world:
 Only as from 50 years there is an organized approach to viticulture.

The white wines are explicitly fresh and the aromas of especially Sauvignon blanc are overwhelming, with aromas like grass and buxwood and tropical fruit: lychee, mango and pineapple.

The wines are very popular, especially in Australia and America.
At the same time the production is still rather small, making the wines expensive.

The southern islands has a distinct cool climate.
For a wine country outside of Europe that is extraordinary.
The best known wines come from Malborough: the north of the southern island.
Cloudy Bay is the best known producer of Sauvignon blanc there.

Most grown grapes:
1) Chardonnay
2) Sauvignon blanc
3) Pinot Noir
Following that are Riesling and Gewürtraminer, grapes which do well in the cool climate of the southern island.
But the Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and even Malbec and Shiraz are being cultivated as well, especially  on the warmer northern island.