The Winery Brookdale Estate of Paarl of Western Cape

Winery Brookdale Estate - Chenin Blanc
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 91 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Paarl in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Brookdale Estate is one of the world's great estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Paarl to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Brookdale Estate wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Brookdale Estate

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Brookdale Estate

How Winery Brookdale Estate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of mussels carbonara, couscous from the sea or thai green curry chicken and eggplant.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Brookdale Estate

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Brookdale Estate

  • 2018With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.93/5

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

  • Chenin Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Paarl

The wine region of Paarl is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vilafonté or the Domaine La Motte Wine Estate produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Paarl are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Paarl often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, prune or eucalyptus and sometimes also flavors of mocha, cranberry or strawberries.

In the mouth of Paarl is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 187 estates and châteaux in the of Paarl, producing 982 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Paarl go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Brookdale Estate

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

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.

News about Winery Brookdale Estate and wines from the region

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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 ...

The word of the wine: Bitter

Normal for certain young red wines rich in tannin, bitterness is in other cases a defect due to a bacterial disease.