The Winery Ashton Kelder of Western Cape

Winery Ashton Kelder - Bonica Rosé Doux
The winery offers 30 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 4922 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Ashton Kelder is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 30 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Ashton Kelder wines

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

The top sparkling wines of Winery Ashton Kelder

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Ashton Kelder

How Winery Ashton Kelder wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Ashton Kelder.

  • Muscadelle

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 red wines of Winery Ashton Kelder

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Ashton Kelder

How Winery Ashton Kelder wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of wild boar stew in burgundy style, marinated lamb chops or chicken drumstick with bacon.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Ashton Kelder

On the nose the red wine of Winery Ashton Kelder. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Ashton Kelder. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Ashton Kelder

  • 2018With an average score of 3.39/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.35/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.34/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.33/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.22/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.13/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Pinotage
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Muscadelle
  • Cabernet Franc

Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle

Muscadelle white is a grape variety that originated in France (Bergerac). 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 bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium caliber. Muscadelle white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon.

The top white wines of Winery Ashton Kelder

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Ashton Kelder

How Winery Ashton Kelder wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of sea sauerkraut with white wine, red mullet fillets in saffron sauce or breaded fish (whiting).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Ashton Kelder

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Ashton Kelder

  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.54/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.36/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Picpoul

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Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Ashton Kelder

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 Ashton Kelder.

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.

News about Winery Ashton Kelder and wines from the region

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, ...

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 ...

Couple arrested in Croatia over €1.6m wine heist

A man and woman carried out the ‘meticulously planned’ theft at the Atrio hotel and restaurant in western Spain back in October. They made off with a bottle of 1806 Château D’Yquem and a large haul of Domaine de la Romanée Conti after breaking into Atrio’s famous cellar. That sparked a nine-month international manhunt. Police in Spain teamed up with Interpol and Europol, plus authorities in Romania and the Netherlands, to track a pair of suspects down. They eventually swooped on a 29-year-old Me ...

The word of the wine: Picpoul

See piquepoul.