Winery BoekenhoutskloofNoble Late Harvest Semillon
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Noble Late Harvest Semillon of Winery Boekenhoutskloof in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or dried fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Noble Late Harvest Semillon
Pairings that work perfectly with Noble Late Harvest Semillon
Original food and wine pairings with Noble Late Harvest Semillon
The Noble Late Harvest Semillon of Winery Boekenhoutskloof matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of zucchini gratin with tuna and tomato, brasucade of mussels from languedoc or real chocolate cake.
Details and technical informations about Winery Boekenhoutskloof's Noble Late Harvest Semillon.
Discover the grape variety: Ondenc
Ondenc is a white grape variety from the southwest of France, particularly present in the vineyards of Bergerac, Duras, Montravel and Gaillac, and is very sensitive to disease, but vigorous and fertile. Pruned short, this variety resists very well to the autan wind. ondenc gives dry or sweet white wines of a beautiful finesse. To gain in complexity, alcohol content and aromatic expression, it is often blended with other white grape varieties. When distilled, it is also the source of high quality perfumed eaux de vie. It is often used in the composition of AOC Côtes-de-Bergerac, Bordeaux, Côtes-de-Duras, Gaillac, etc. Ondenc accounts for less than 10 hectares in France, but is very present in Australia.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Noble Late Harvest Semillon from Winery Boekenhoutskloof are 2015, 2013, 0, 2014 and 2016.
Informations about the Winery Boekenhoutskloof
The Winery Boekenhoutskloof is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 44 wines for sale in the of Franschhoek to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Franschhoek
The wine region of Franschhoek is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Anthonij Rupert or the Domaine Holden Manz produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Franschhoek are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Franschhoek often reveals types of flavors of cream, dried fruit or ash and sometimes also flavors of bell pepper, ripe blackberries or cigar.
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: Biodynamic (agriculture)
Organic agriculture is part of a vision of the world linking the plant and all living beings to the cosmos and basing work in the vineyard and the cellar on the cycles of the moon.
