The Winery Abbey Vale is one of the best wineries to follow in South West Australia.. It offers 17 wines for sale in of South West Australia to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Abbey Vale wines in South West Australia among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Abbey Vale 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 Abbey Vale wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Abbey Vale wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of fleischnacka leaf, pasta with zucchini or lamb curry with coconut milk.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Abbey Vale. often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Abbey Vale. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Western Australia is the largest of the eight administrative zones and territories of Australia. In 2020, it represented just two percent of the national wine production, but has previosly occupied up to 20 percent of the nation's fine wines.
Covering the entire western third of the vast island continent, "WA" (as it is commonly called) spans 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) from east to west. This makes it the second-largest administrative subdivision of any country in the world – bigger than Alaska and Texas combined.
Western Australia
The giant flag at Voyager Estate, Margaret River
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The Western Australian wine regions are clustered in the state's cooler, coastal, Southwest corner. The Northeastern two-thirds of WA are too hot to support quality viticulture.
The northwest corner is the hottest area of Australia as a whole, with summer temperatures surpassing even those of the country's famous semi-desert "Red Centre". By contrast, the Climate of the southwest WA is relatively cool, tempered by the presence of the Indian Ocean to the west and the Antarctic Ocean to the south and east.
Although it rivals the Hunter Valley in terms of low latitude (lying at 33 degrees South), the climate around the state's southwest cape is more akin to that of Bordeaux, and the most successful Grape varieties here reflect this.
It is no coincidence, that many winemakers from this area aim for a more European wine style than their counterparts further north – or those from New South Wales and South Australia. Margaret River in particular, is renowned for its more-balanced, Elegant wines, which contrast with the Powerful, fruit-driven wines of the regions further east.
Geographically, the wine regions of Western Australia can be split into roughly three groups: those around the state capital, Perth (the Swan Valley, the Perth Hills and Peel); those along the south coast (from Pemberton in the west to Albany in the east); and those around the southern end of Geographe Bay (Margaret River and Geographe).
How Winery Abbey Vale wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb such as recipes of beef marengo "my mom" style, duck breast with apples or lamb roast with lavender.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Abbey Vale. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit.
Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.
How Winery Abbey Vale wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of salmon and goat cheese quiche, seafood pie or the coughing cat's apple crumble.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Abbey Vale. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Abbey Vale. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Said of a wine showing by its colour (tuilé in the case of reds, amber in the case of whites), its aromas or its structure that it is nearing the end of its peak and needs to be drunk quickly.
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Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
