Winery d'ArenbergThe Prickly Pear White Blend
White wine
This wine is a blend of 4 varietals which are the Chenin blanc, the Marsanne, the Roussanne and the Viognier.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, pork or poultry.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with The Prickly Pear White Blend
Pairings that work perfectly with The Prickly Pear White Blend
Original food and wine pairings with The Prickly Pear White Blend
The The Prickly Pear White Blend of Winery d'Arenberg matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of pork roulades with cream and mushrooms, stuffed cabbage leaves or squid with garlic and parsley.
Details and technical informations about Winery d'Arenberg's The Prickly Pear White Blend.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of The Prickly Pear White Blend from Winery d'Arenberg are 2009, 0, 2017
Informations about the Winery d'Arenberg
The Winery d'Arenberg is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 81 wines for sale in the of McLaren Vale to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of McLaren Vale
The wine region of McLaren Vale is located in the region of Fleurieu of Australie du Sud of Australia. We currently count 599 estates and châteaux in the of McLaren Vale, producing 2626 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of McLaren Vale go well with generally quite well with dishes .
The wine region of Australie du Sud
SouthAustralia is one of Australia's six states, located (as the name suggests) in the south of the vast island continent. It's the engine room of the Australian wine industry, responsible for about half of the country's total production each year. But there's more to the region than quantity - countless high-quality wines are produced here, most from the region's signature Grape, Shiraz. These include such fine, collectible wines as Penfolds Grange, Henschke Hill of Grace, Torbreck The Laird and d'Arenberg The Dead Arm.
The word of the wine: Grafting
A method used since the phylloxera crisis, consisting of fixing a graft of local origin on a rootstock resistant to phylloxera.
