Winery FootprintThe Long Walk Chenin Blanc - Sémillon
White wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Sémillon.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, poultry or lean fish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the The Long Walk Chenin Blanc - Sémillon of Winery Footprint in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, tropical or citrus and sometimes also flavors of green apple, lime or lemon.
Food and wine pairings with The Long Walk Chenin Blanc - Sémillon
Pairings that work perfectly with The Long Walk Chenin Blanc - Sémillon
Original food and wine pairings with The Long Walk Chenin Blanc - Sémillon
The The Long Walk Chenin Blanc - Sémillon of Winery Footprint matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of sea bass in mustard and rosemary wrappers, calamari with chorizo or apple pie.
Details and technical informations about Winery Footprint's The Long Walk Chenin Blanc - Sémillon.
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 The Long Walk Chenin Blanc - Sémillon from Winery Footprint are 2019, 2018, 2015, 2017 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Footprint
The Winery Footprint is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 14 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: Velouté
Said of a wine that is soft and caressing in the mouth.
