Winery Drostdy-HofAdelpracht (Special Late Harvest)
Sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Chenin blanc and the Pinotage.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, poultry or lean fish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Adelpracht (Special Late Harvest) of Winery Drostdy-Hof in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of peach, apricot or honey and sometimes also flavors of dried apricot, earth or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Adelpracht (Special Late Harvest)
Pairings that work perfectly with Adelpracht (Special Late Harvest)
Original food and wine pairings with Adelpracht (Special Late Harvest)
The Adelpracht (Special Late Harvest) of Winery Drostdy-Hof matches generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison), shellfish or poultry such as recipes of paella valenciana (without seafood), cuttlefish rust from my grandmother in sète or chicken with rice for cookeo robot.
Details and technical informations about Winery Drostdy-Hof's Adelpracht (Special Late Harvest).
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 Adelpracht (Special Late Harvest) from Winery Drostdy-Hof are 2019, 2016, 2013, 2018 and 2012.
Informations about the Winery Drostdy-Hof
The Winery Drostdy-Hof is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 39 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Caudalie
Unit of measurement corresponding to one second and allowing to quantify the aromatic persistence of a wine in mouth (length in mouth).
