The Winery Avontuur of Stellenbosch of Western Cape

Winery Avontuur - Above Royalty
The winery offers 31 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 146 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Avontuur is one of the best wineries to follow in Stellenbosch.. It offers 31 wines for sale in of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Avontuur wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Avontuur

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Avontuur

How Winery Avontuur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of steak tartare, uzbek pilaf or duck breast with honey sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Avontuur

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Avontuur

  • 2009With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.68/5

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

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

Discovering 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 top sweet wines of Winery Avontuur

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Avontuur

How Winery Avontuur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of old-fashioned pork roll, rabbit with kriek and cherries or quinoa with shrimp.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Avontuur

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Avontuur.

  • Viognier

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!).

The top white wines of Winery Avontuur

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Avontuur

How Winery Avontuur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of stuffed tomatoes with thermomix, tuna omelette or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Avontuur

On the nose the white wine of Winery Avontuur. 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 Avontuur. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Avontuur

  • 2018With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.55/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Assemblage (Champagne)

In Champagne, it is the art of blending still wines from different grape varieties (pinot meunier, pinot noir, chardonnay), from different terroirs (villages, areas) and often from different years. The incorporation of older wines, called reserve wines, allows for greater aromatic complexity.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Avontuur

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Avontuur

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

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Avontuur

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Avontuur. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, red fruit.

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Avontuur

Planning a wine route in the of Stellenbosch? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Avontuur.

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Winery Avontuur and wines from the region

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Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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The word of the wine: Assemblage (Champagne)

In Champagne, it is the art of blending still wines from different grape varieties (pinot meunier, pinot noir, chardonnay), from different terroirs (villages, areas) and often from different years. The incorporation of older wines, called reserve wines, allows for greater aromatic complexity.