The Winery Drostdy-Hof of Stellenbosch of Western Cape
The Winery Drostdy-Hof is one of the best wineries to follow in Stellenbosch.. It offers 38 wines for sale in of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Drostdy-Hof wines in Stellenbosch among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Drostdy-Hof 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 Drostdy-Hof wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Drostdy-Hof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison), shellfish or poultry such as recipes of duck aiguillettes, shrimp with garlic and orange or moroccan chicken tagine.
On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Drostdy-Hof. often reveals types of flavors of peach, apricot or honey and sometimes also flavors of dried apricot, earth or tree fruit.
The wine region of Stellenbosch is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. We currently count 582 estates and châteaux in the of Stellenbosch, producing 3443 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Stellenbosch go well with generally quite well with dishes .
How Winery Drostdy-Hof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of tournedos rossini with port sauce, magret stuffed with foie gras or okonomiyaki or japanese 'pancake.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Drostdy-Hof. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, plum or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Drostdy-Hof. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.
How Winery Drostdy-Hof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of pork stew with bacon and cream, rice with tuna and tomato or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).
On the nose the white wine of Winery Drostdy-Hof. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Drostdy-Hof. is a with a nice freshness.
Selection of noble grains. Appellation reserved for a type of sweet wine produced in Alsace.
How Winery Drostdy-Hof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of puchero, lamb sweetbreads with white wine and sorrel cream or kefta.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Drostdy-Hof. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.
White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.
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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.
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Selection of noble grains. Appellation reserved for a type of sweet wine produced in Alsace.