The Winery Badenhorst of Swartland of Western Cape

Winery Badenhorst - The Golden Slopes Chenin Blanc
The winery offers 48 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 21 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Swartland in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Badenhorst is one of the world's great estates. It offers 48 wines for sale in of Swartland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Badenhorst wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Badenhorst

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Badenhorst

How Winery Badenhorst wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of yakisoba (fried noodles), coconut curry cauliflower in the cookeo or whiting fillet in papillotes.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Badenhorst

On the nose the white wine of Winery Badenhorst. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, lemon zest or baked apple and sometimes also flavors of yeast, mango or guava. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Badenhorst. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Badenhorst

  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Chardonnay
  • Muscat de Frontignan
  • Viognier
  • Grenache

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 red wines of Winery Badenhorst

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Badenhorst

How Winery Badenhorst wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tournedos rossini, lamb garam massala or duck sleeves in cider.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Badenhorst

On the nose the red wine of Winery Badenhorst. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, tar or cinnamon and sometimes also flavors of cheese, dark fruit or savory. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Badenhorst. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Badenhorst

  • 2006With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.74/5

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

  • Cinsault
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinotage

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Badenhorst

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Badenhorst

How Winery Badenhorst wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef kidney, trapper's barbecue or chicken risotto with curry.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Badenhorst

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Badenhorst. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Badenhorst

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Badenhorst.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Cinsaut

The word of the wine: Dry extract

Non-liquid constituents of wine.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Badenhorst

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 Badenhorst.

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.

News about Winery Badenhorst and wines from the region

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Dry extract

Non-liquid constituents of wine.