The Winery Annexkloof of Swartland of Western Cape

Winery Annexkloof - Malbec
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 80 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Swartland in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Annexkloof is one of the world's great estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Swartland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Annexkloof wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Annexkloof

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Annexkloof

How Winery Annexkloof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of monkfish tagine, lamb sweetbreads with white wine and sorrel cream or sophie's tuna cake.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Annexkloof

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Annexkloof

  • 2015With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.54/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 1906With an average score of 2.90/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Malbec
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • 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 Annexkloof

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Annexkloof

How Winery Annexkloof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of pasta with shrimp, red mullet fillets in saffron sauce or grilled swordfish slice with herbs.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Annexkloof

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Annexkloof

  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.00/5
  • 1906With an average score of 3.00/5

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

  • Chenin Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Annexkloof

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 Annexkloof.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

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.

News about Winery Annexkloof and wines from the region

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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