The Winery Allée Bleue of Western Cape

Winery Allée Bleue - Sauvignon Blanc
The winery offers 25 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Allée Bleue.
It is ranked in the top 672 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Allée Bleue is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 25 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Allée Bleue wines

Looking for the best Winery Allée Bleue wines in Western Cape among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Allée Bleue 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 Allée Bleue wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Allée Bleue

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Allée Bleue

How Winery Allée Bleue wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of waterzooï of the sea, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or chicken roulade with goat cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Allée Bleue

On the nose the white wine of Winery Allée Bleue. often reveals types of flavors of tropical, vegetal or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of oak, microbio or non oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Allée Bleue. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Allée Bleue

  • 1999With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.63/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Allée Bleue.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Sémillon
  • Viognier

Discovering the wine region of Western Cape

The Western Cape is home to the vast majority of the South African wine industry, and the country's two most famous wine regions, Stellenbosch and Paarl. The city of Cape Town serves as the epicenter of the Cape Winelands, a mountainous, biologically diverse area in the south-western corner of the African continent. A wide variety of wines are produced here. Wines from the Shiraz and Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.

The Western Cape's Elegant, ageworthy Cabernet Sauvignon wines and Bordeaux Blends were at the vanguard as exports recommenced in the mid-1990s, while Burgundy-style Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Walker Bay are gaining global acclaim, and cool-climate style Sauvignon Blanc from Darling and Overberg is rivaling that made in any other New World country. The Western Cape's wine regions stretch 300 kilomers (185 miles) from Cape Town to the Mouth of the Olifants River in the North, and 360km (220 miles) to Mossel Bay in the east. Areas under Vine are rarely more than 160km (100 miles) from the coast. Further inland, the influence of the semi-arid Great Karoo Desert takes over.

The climate can be cool and rainy (as in Cape Point and Walker Bay) but is more often than not Mediterranean in nature. The Western Cape is littered with spectacular mountain ranges that form the Cape Fold belt. These are extremely important for viticulture across the whole region, contributing soils and mesoclimates ideal for the production of premium wines. Of particular importance are the Boland Mountains, which form the eastern border of the Coastal Region, and the Langeberg range, which separates the Breede River Valley from the Klein Karoo semi-desert.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Allée Bleue

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Allée Bleue

How Winery Allée Bleue wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of porcini sauce, tartiflette or duck baeckeoffe with christmas spices and dried fruits.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Allée Bleue

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Allée Bleue. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, earth or red fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Allée Bleue

  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Allée Bleue.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinotage

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

The top red wines of Winery Allée Bleue

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Allée Bleue

How Winery Allée Bleue wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of roast monkfish with bacon, lamb with vermicelli or pan bagnat.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Allée Bleue

On the nose the red wine of Winery Allée Bleue. 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 Allée Bleue. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Allée Bleue

  • 2007With an average score of 4.41/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2003With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Allée Bleue.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinotage
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petit Verdot

The word of the wine: Ultra raw (or natural raw)

A type of champagne that has not received any dosage liqueur.

The top pink wines of Winery Allée Bleue

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Allée Bleue

How Winery Allée Bleue wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of american fillet (belgian-style beef tartar), marinated shoulder of lamb or red mullet fillets in saffron sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Allée Bleue

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Allée Bleue. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Allée Bleue

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Allée Bleue.

  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Allée Bleue

Planning a wine route in the of Western Cape? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Allée Bleue.

Discover the grape variety: Pinotage

An intraspecific cross between pinot noir and cinsaut called hermitage, obtained in South Africa in 1925 by Professor Abraham Izak Perold. Since then, it has been propagated in Africa, New Zealand, Australia, the United States (California), Canada, Brazil, Israel, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties on the A1 list. - Synonymy: none to date (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).

News about Winery Allée Bleue 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 ...

Old Vine Charter: Perth’s Swan Valley to preserve historic vines

Old vines from Western Australia’s Swan Valley will be protected in the soon-to-be launched Swan Valley Old Vine Charter (OVC). More than 20 wineries from this historic region, a 30-minute drive from the state capital of Perth, are participating. The programme will see grapevines from 35 to 125 years of age registered and preserved. Participating wineries include Talijancich Wines, Nikola Estate, John Kosovich Wines, Mandoon Estate and Sandalford Wines. While the vines are predominantly Shiraz, ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Ultra raw (or natural raw)

A type of champagne that has not received any dosage liqueur.