The Winery Elsenburg Kelder of Stellenbosch of Western Cape

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The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Western Cape.
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape
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The Winery Elsenburg Kelder is one of the best wineries to follow in Stellenbosch.. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Elsenburg Kelder wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Elsenburg Kelder

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Elsenburg Kelder

How Winery Elsenburg Kelder wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of tunisian molokheya, duck with orange and honey or cauliflower croque-monsieur.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Elsenburg Kelder

On the nose the red wine of Winery Elsenburg Kelder. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Elsenburg Kelder. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Elsenburg Kelder

  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Cinsault
  • Mourvedre
  • Pinotage
  • Tannat

Discovering the wine region of Stellenbosch

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 .

The top white wines of Winery Elsenburg Kelder

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Elsenburg Kelder

How Winery Elsenburg Kelder wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of pasta "carbonara" à la française, zucchini and goat cheese quiche or royal couscous (lamb, chicken, merguez).

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

  • Muscat de Frontignan
  • Chenel

Discover the grape variety: Tannat

Tannat is a red grape variety from Béarn which belongs to the cotoïdes family. Present in several vineyards of France, it occupies nearly 3,000 ha. Its leaves are reddish with tan patches. Its bunches are either of normal size or larger. Its berries have a thin skin and are rounded. Its foliage has a swarthy appearance. This variety must be pruned long because it is vigorous. It likes sandy and gravelly soils. Tannat is often exposed to leafhoppers and mites. It is also somewhat susceptible to grey rot. It has 11 approved clones, including 474, 717 and 794. Once mature, this variety produces acidic, fruity, tannic, acidic and full-bodied wines. Various aromas emerge, notably tobacco, cinnamon and exotic wood. Tannat is rarely used alone. It is combined with iron-servadou to obtain a fruitier taste or with cabernet sauvignon to be more rounded.

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Discover the grape variety: Pinotage

An intraspecific cross between pinot noir and cinsaut called hermitage, obtained in South Africa in 1925 by Professor Abraham Izak Perold. Since then, it has been propagated in Africa, New Zealand, Australia, the United States (California), Canada, Brazil, Israel, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties on the A1 list. - Synonymy: none to date (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).

News about Winery Elsenburg Kelder and wines from the region

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 ...

Jackson Family Wines buys first vineyard in Washington’s Walla Walla Valley

The family-owned company made its first foray into Washington State last year when it began buying grapes from select vineyards throughout the Walla Walla Valley. The winemaking team was impressed by the quality coming out of the region, and it has now pounced on the opportunity to acquire land there. It snapped up 61 acres of an existing 117-acre property in Mill Creek. A local firm called Abeja, founded by Ken and Ginger Roberts, bought the land back in 2000 in a bid to grow world-class Cabern ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Terroir

Strictly speaking, the notion of terroir corresponds to the geological characteristics of a vineyard. However, when we talk about terroir, we take into account the soil, the climate (even the microclimate), the flora, the fauna, and the human factor that characterizes the practices that make up the art of the craft.

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