The Winery Driftwood of South West Australia of Australie de l'Ouest

Winery Driftwood - Artifacts Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 35 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 276 of the estates of Australie de l'Ouest.
It is located in South West Australia in the region of Australie de l'Ouest

The Winery Driftwood is one of the best wineries to follow in South West Australia.. It offers 35 wines for sale in of South West Australia to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Driftwood wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Driftwood

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Driftwood

How Winery Driftwood wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of kig ar farz breton, lamb tagine with olives and honey or pierogi ruskie (with cheese).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Driftwood

On the nose the red wine of Winery Driftwood. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Driftwood. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Driftwood

  • 2014With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.72/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Petit Verdot
  • Malbec
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of South West Australia

Western Australia is the largest of the eight administrative zones and territories of Australia. In 2020, it represented just two percent of the national wine production, but has previosly occupied up to 20 percent of the nation's fine wines. Covering the entire western third of the vast island continent, "WA" (as it is commonly called) spans 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) from east to west. This makes it the second-largest administrative subdivision of any country in the world – bigger than Alaska and Texas combined.

Western Australia The giant flag at Voyager Estate, Margaret River © Jonathan Reeve The Western Australian wine regions are clustered in the state's cooler, coastal, Southwest corner. The Northeastern two-thirds of WA are too hot to support quality viticulture. The northwest corner is the hottest area of Australia as a whole, with summer temperatures surpassing even those of the country's famous semi-desert "Red Centre". By contrast, the Climate of the southwest WA is relatively cool, tempered by the presence of the Indian Ocean to the west and the Antarctic Ocean to the south and east.

Although it rivals the Hunter Valley in terms of low latitude (lying at 33 degrees South), the climate around the state's southwest cape is more akin to that of Bordeaux, and the most successful Grape varieties here reflect this. It is no coincidence, that many winemakers from this area aim for a more European wine style than their counterparts further north – or those from New South Wales and South Australia. Margaret River in particular, is renowned for its more-balanced, Elegant wines, which contrast with the Powerful, fruit-driven wines of the regions further east. Geographically, the wine regions of Western Australia can be split into roughly three groups: those around the state capital, Perth (the Swan Valley, the Perth Hills and Peel); those along the south coast (from Pemberton in the west to Albany in the east); and those around the southern end of Geographe Bay (Margaret River and Geographe).

The top white wines of Winery Driftwood

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Driftwood

How Winery Driftwood wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of the garbure, pasta with tuna and tomato sauce or leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Driftwood

On the nose the white wine of Winery Driftwood. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Driftwood. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Driftwood

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Sémillon
  • Chenin Blanc

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Driftwood

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Driftwood

How Winery Driftwood wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of cornish pasties, grandma's chicken casserole or quick duck breast with honey.

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Merlot
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon

The word of the wine: Burgundy melon

A white grape variety from Burgundy that is not widely used in its native region, but has spread to the Nantes region. It is the exclusive variety of Muscadet. It gives a dry pale yellow wine, supple and lively, with an intense bouquet, to which maturing on lees gives fatness and aromatic complexity.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Driftwood

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Driftwood

How Winery Driftwood wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal paupiettes à la bourguignonne, eggs in meurette or rabbit with leeks.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Driftwood

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Driftwood. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Driftwood.

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Driftwood

Planning a wine route in the of South West Australia? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Driftwood.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Winery Driftwood and wines from the region

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

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 ...

Ten years on: Chinese wine’s breakthrough moment at DWWA

The prestige attached to winning at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) means that being awarded a Bronze medal for some wineries will mean huge celebrations in China, Japan, India, or Thailand. Since the competition began in 2004, I have often reminded judges on my panel about this – whether they are journalists, sommeliers, educators, Masters of Wine or Master Sommeliers. Scroll down for new tasting notes and scores on Jia Bei Lan vintages: from the Chinese wine label that won big at DWWA 20 ...

The word of the wine: Burgundy melon

A white grape variety from Burgundy that is not widely used in its native region, but has spread to the Nantes region. It is the exclusive variety of Muscadet. It gives a dry pale yellow wine, supple and lively, with an intense bouquet, to which maturing on lees gives fatness and aromatic complexity.