Wines made from Chardonnay grapes of Cape South Coast
Discover the best wines made with Chardonnay as a single variety or as a blend of Cape South Coast.
More informations about the 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.
More informations about the region of Western Cape
The wine region of Cape South Coast is located in the region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Alheit Vineyards or the Domaine Lismore produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cape South Coast are Chardonnay, Merlot and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cape South Coast often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, black currant or honey and sometimes also flavors of cedar, oil or black fruit.
What are the typical flavors of the Chardonnay grape variety?
- OakPresent in 7% of Chardonnay
- Citrus fruitPresent in 6% of Chardonnay
- MicrobioPresent in 6% of Chardonnay
- EarthPresent in 5% of Chardonnay
- Tree fruitPresent in 5% of Chardonnay
- SpicesPresent in 5% of Chardonnay
- Non oakPresent in 5% of Chardonnay
- PeachPresent in 4% of Chardonnay
- CitrusPresent in 4% of Chardonnay
- Tropical fruitPresent in 4% of Chardonnay
- OakyPresent in 4% of Chardonnay
- VegetalPresent in 4% of Chardonnay
- LemonPresent in 4% of Chardonnay
- CreamPresent in 4% of Chardonnay
- ButterPresent in 4% of Chardonnay
- FloralPresent in 3% of Chardonnay
- StrawPresent in 3% of Chardonnay
- LimePresent in 3% of Chardonnay
- PineapplePresent in 3% of Chardonnay
- MineralityPresent in 3% of Chardonnay
News about the grape variety Chardonnay
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 ...
Bordeaux winemaker turns north to make Breton Chardonnay
Lamballe, CEO of window manufacturer FenêtréA, purchased the 25-hectare property Kerfraval in the village of Baden, near the natural harbour of the Gulf of Morbihan, in March 2022. Sallaud will transform Kerfraval into a wine estate, named Domaine Lamballe, comprising a winery – where he will make still and sparkling wine – a visitor centre and six gites. ‘We will plant 10ha of Chardonnay in April this year to make still and sparkling wines,’ Sallaud told Decanter. ‘Mr Lamballe loves Chablis, he ...