Winery Benguela Cove - Chardonnay

Winery Benguela CoveChardonnay

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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 region.
The Chardonnay of Winery Benguela Cove is a white wine from the region of Walker Bay of Western Cape.
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
The Chardonnay of the Winery Benguela Cove is in the top 60 of wines of Walker Bay.

Taste structure of the Chardonnay from the Winery Benguela Cove

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Chardonnay of Winery Benguela Cove in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, butter

Wine with microbio taste

cream

Wine with earth taste

smoke, honey

Wine with spices taste

fennel

Wine with floral taste

perfume

On the nose the Chardonnay of Winery Benguela Cove in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cream or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of oaky, citrus or butter.

Details and technical informations about Winery Benguela Cove's Chardonnay.

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

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Last vintages of this wine

Chardonnay - 2018
In the top 60 of of Walker Bay wines
Average rating: 411110
Chardonnay - 2017
In the top 60 of of Walker Bay wines
Average rating: 411110
Chardonnay - 2016
In the top 60 of of Walker Bay wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Chardonnay - 2015
In the top 60 of of Walker Bay wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Chardonnay from Winery Benguela Cove are 2015, 2018, 2017, 2016

Informations about the Winery Benguela Cove

The winery offers 31 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Walker Bay in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Benguela Cove is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 34 wines for sale in the of Walker Bay to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 2000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 70 of of Walker Bay wines
In the top 15000 of white wines
In the top 60000 wines of the world

The wine region of Walker Bay

The wine region of Walker Bay is located in the region of Cape South Coast of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bouchard Finlayson or the Domaine Creation produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Walker Bay are Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Walker Bay often reveals types of flavors of raspberry, mocha or mango and sometimes also flavors of guava, passion fruit or grass.


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 word of the wine: Rosé de saignée

A method of making rosé wine that consists of partially draining a vat of red wine after a few hours of maceration. The longer the maceration, the stronger the colour. This practice gives rich and expressive rosés.

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