The Winery A Fistful of Schist of Swartland of Western Cape

Winery A Fistful of Schist - Reserve
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 114 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Swartland in the region of Western Cape

The Winery A Fistful of Schist is one of the best wineries to follow in Swartland.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Swartland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery A Fistful of Schist wines

Looking for the best Winery A Fistful of Schist wines in Swartland among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery A Fistful of Schist 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 A Fistful of Schist wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery A Fistful of Schist

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery A Fistful of Schist

How Winery A Fistful of Schist wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of romazava (madagascar), lamb chops with spanish sauce or pasta with shrimp.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery A Fistful of Schist

On the nose the red wine of Winery A Fistful of Schist. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery A Fistful of Schist. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery A Fistful of Schist

  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.48/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery A Fistful of Schist.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Mourvedre
  • Cinsaut
  • Barbera
  • Pinotage

Discovering the wine region of Swartland

The wine region of Swartland is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Sadie Family or the Domaine Sadie Family produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Swartland are Chenin blanc, Mourvèdre and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Swartland often reveals types of flavors of cherry, marmalade or cantaloupe and sometimes also flavors of chard, poire nashi or red cherry.

In the mouth of Swartland is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 192 estates and châteaux in the of Swartland, producing 832 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Swartland go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).

The top white wines of Winery A Fistful of Schist

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery A Fistful of Schist

How Winery A Fistful of Schist wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of home-made white pudding, hard-boiled eggs and gourmet muffins or zucchini quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery A Fistful of Schist

On the nose the white wine of Winery A Fistful of Schist. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery A Fistful of Schist. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery A Fistful of Schist

  • 2019With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery A Fistful of Schist.

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Colombard

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery A Fistful of Schist

Planning a wine route in the of Swartland? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery A Fistful of Schist.

Discover the grape variety: Cinsaut

Cinsaut noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). 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 large bunches and large grapes. Cinsaut noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Winery A Fistful of Schist and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Cape Winemakers Guild 2022 auction: all the lots to bid on

The 38th annual Cape Winemakers Guild Auction is back on home soil in South Africa this year. Auction house Strauss & Co will host the sale, sponsored by Nedbank, live and online from 5pm to 8pm on Friday 30 September and 9am to 3pm on Saturday 1 October. Bidders can attend the auction in person at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West, bid by telephone, or online. They can also leave a commission bid in advance of the sale. Bonhams auction house held the auction in London in 2020 and 2021 ...

Bordeaux ‘Act for Change’ symposium

The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C  in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...

The word of the wine: Maturation

Transformation undergone by the grape when it is enriched with sugar and loses some of its acidity to reach maturity.