Winery Asara Wine Estate - Avalon

Winery Asara Wine EstateAvalon

4.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the world.
The Avalon of Winery Asara Wine Estate is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The Avalon of the Winery Asara Wine Estate is in the top 10 of wines of South Africa and in the top 10 of wines of Stellenbosch.

Taste structure of the Avalon from the Winery Asara Wine Estate

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Avalon of Winery Asara Wine Estate in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

coconut, oak

Wine with spices taste

pepper

Wine with floral taste

violet

On the nose the Avalon of Winery Asara Wine Estate in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of oaky, coconut or chocolate and sometimes also flavors of raisin, prune or non oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Asara Wine Estate's Avalon.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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!).

Last vintages of this wine

Avalon - 2012
In the top 10 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Avalon - 2011
In the top 10 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Avalon - 2008
In the top 10 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.911111
Avalon - 2006
In the top 10 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.411110

The best vintages of Avalon from Winery Asara Wine Estate are 2008, 2012, 2011, 2006

Informations about the Winery Asara Wine Estate

The winery offers 40 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Asara Wine Estate is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 39 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 10 of of South Africa wines
In the top 10 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 400 of red wines
In the top 500 wines of the world

The wine region of Stellenbosch

The wine region of Stellenbosch is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. We currently count 582 estates and châteaux in the of Stellenbosch, producing 3443 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Stellenbosch go well with generally quite well with dishes .


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.

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