The Winery Avenhoorn is one of the world's great estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Swartland to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Avenhoorn wines in Swartland among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Avenhoorn 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 Avenhoorn wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Avenhoorn wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of tartiflette, pasta with tuna, garlic and lemon cream or summer tuna quiche.
South African renaissance north of Cape Town: signature Chenin Blanc as king white (old bush vines) — full and mineral with notes of quince, honey, yellow fruits, toasted almond and a saline touch, noble texture and a refined finish. Signature Syrah as king red — spicy and fleshy with blackberry, raspberry, garrigue and pepper, fine tannins. Grenache and Cinsault complete it. Non-interventionist winemaking (whole bunch, old foudres).
Dry Mediterranean, granite and schist.
How Winery Avenhoorn wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of aiguillette of duck with honey or chicken in sauce.
Intensely coloured, structured reds with inky robe and firm tannins, with typical aromas of blackberry, black plum, roasted coffee, cocoa, banana and characteristic smoky notes. Made as powerful ageing reds and as more approachable fruity cuvées, sometimes as rosés. Absolute signature of South Africa (Stellenbosch, Swartland, Paarl). Cross of pinot noir × cinsault created in 1925 by Abraham Perold at Stellenbosch University.
How Winery Avenhoorn wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of german recipe for marinated meat: sauerbraten, couscous merguez or medallions of monkfish with citrus fruits.
Said of an astringent wine rich in tannins.
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 Avenhoorn.
Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.
