Arneis wine variety

This elegant Italian white wine grape variety is creating a buzz in Australia. Arneis plantings in the vineyards of the King Valley of North East Victoria, in the Mornington Peninsula and the Riverland Wine region of South Australia have now been in production for a few years.

We are now seeing more and more Australian winemakers consumers sharing the enthusiasm for these wines.

The flavour of Arneis wine

Perfume, fruity, apples, pears, white grapefruit, floral, citrus, anise, hint of herbs...

These are the flavours you can expect in this superb Italian variety according to De Long's Wine Grape Varietal Table

In its native Piedmont Arneis produces elegant white wines with powerful aromas of almonds and peaches. The variety was much less popular in the 1970s.

The variety presents problems in the vineyard, but better clones and handling have seen Arneis wines become more popular. Interestingly, small quantities of Arneis have been used traditionally in Piedmont as blending material for the red variety Nebbiolo.

Wines made from the Arneis variety in Australia can be a little neutral, but at their best these wines can be complex and aromatic and redolent of almonds, pears, peaches and honey. They make ideal accompaniments to seafoods, antipasti and salads. Other food pairing ideas for this variety can be found here

Arneis in Australia

Amadio Adelaide Hills
Bawley Vale Estate Shoalhaven Coast
Beechtree Wines McLaren Vale
Berrima Estate Southern Highlands
Box Stallion Mornington Peninsula
Brown Brothers King Valley
Catherine Vale Vineyard Hunter Valley
Chrismont King Valley
Coombe Farm Vineyard Yarra Valley
Crittenden at Dromana Mornington Peninsula
Crooked River Wines Shoalhaven Coast
Dal Zotto Estate King Valley
De Bortoli Riverina
Dromana Estate Mornington Peninsula
Dunn's Creek Winery Mornington Peninsula
First Drop Barossa Valley
G Pattriti & Co McLaren Vale
Geoff Hardy McLaren Vale
Helen's Hill Estate Yarra Valley
Kingston Estate Riverland
Lazzar Wines Mornington Peninsula
Mac Forbes Wines Yarra Valley
Parish Hill Wines Adelaide Hills
Pizzini Wines King Valley
Port Phillip Estate Mornington Peninsula
Rochford Wines Yarra Valley
Rutherglen Estates Rutherglen
Sam Miranda Wines King Valley
Settlement Wines McLaren Vale
Symphonia King Valley
Tempus Two Hunter Valley
Ten Miles East Adelaide Hills
Tertini Wines Southern Highlands
Thick as Theives Yarra Valley
Toombullup North King Valley
Vale Creek Wines Central Ranges Zone
Vale Vineyard Mornington Peninsula
Vineyard 28 Geographe
Wirra Wirra McLaren Vale
Yacca Paddock Vineyards Adelaide Hills
Yandoit Hill Winery Bendigo
Yarraloch Yarra Valley
Zonte's Footstep Langhorne Creek