Winery Fairview - Drie Papen Fontein Sauvignon Blanc - Sémillon

Winery FairviewDrie Papen Fontein Sauvignon Blanc - Sémillon

3.5
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Drie Papen Fontein Sauvignon Blanc - Sémillon of Winery Fairview is a white wine from the region of Darling of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Drie Papen Fontein Sauvignon Blanc - Sémillon of Winery Fairview in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Fairview's Drie Papen Fontein Sauvignon Blanc - Sémillon.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Superior seedless

This variety was obtained in 1972 in the United States by Superior Farming Co. by crossing the cardinal with an unnamed apyrene variety. Superior seedless is present in Italy (Puglia), Spain, Morocco, Argentina and the United States (California, etc.).

Last vintages of this wine

Drie Papen Fontein Sauvignon Blanc - Sémillon - 2017
In the top 100 of of Darling wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Drie Papen Fontein Sauvignon Blanc - Sémillon - 2015
In the top 100 of of Darling wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50

The best vintages of Drie Papen Fontein Sauvignon Blanc - Sémillon from Winery Fairview are 2017, 2015

Informations about the Winery Fairview

The winery offers 116 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is in the top 70 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Darling in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Fairview is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 99 wines for sale in the of Darling to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 8500 of of South Africa wines
In the top 5000 of of Darling wines
In the top 90000 of white wines
In the top 350000 wines of the world

The wine region of Darling

The wine region of Darling is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Groote Post or the Domaine Groote Post produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Darling are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Darling often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, dark fruit or apples and sometimes also flavors of grapefruit, dried fruit or mulberry.


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.

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The word of the wine: Malic (acid)

An acid that occurs naturally in many wines and is transformed into lactic acid during malolactic fermentation.

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