The Winery Ankerbaai of Swartland of Western Cape

Winery Ankerbaai - Die Kommandeur Merlot
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 136 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Swartland in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Ankerbaai is one of the best wineries to follow in Swartland.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Swartland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Ankerbaai wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Ankerbaai

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Ankerbaai

How Winery Ankerbaai wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of shoulder of suckling lamb confit with herbs, lamb with ginger honey or duck breast with black figs.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Ankerbaai

On the nose the red wine of Winery Ankerbaai. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Ankerbaai. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Ankerbaai

  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Merlot
  • Cinsault

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 Ankerbaai

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Ankerbaai

How Winery Ankerbaai wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of braised (green) cabbage, baked whole salmon or ham and comté quiche.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Ankerbaai

  • 2015With an average score of 2.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 2.30/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir 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. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Ankerbaai

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 Ankerbaai.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Ankerbaai and wines from the region

Palladius and Columella verticals: Eben Sadie’s Swartland flagships

The rapid rise of South Africa’s Swartland wine region over the past 20 years has been thrilling to watch. And arguably the most influential winemaker during this renaissance has – and continues to be – Eben Sadie. Sadie was in London recently for a vertical tasting of his flagship wines, the red blend Columella and white blend Palladius. He explained to a rapt audience of critics, buyers and sommeliers how his approach to winemaking has changed over the years, and revealed how he’s preparing fo ...

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 ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Carpentry

A powerful red wine with a dense, rich body and a tight tannic structure.