The Winery Giant Periwinkle of Overberg of Western Cape

Winery Giant Periwinkle - Baardbek Dry Red
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Western Cape.
It is located in Overberg in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Giant Periwinkle is one of the best wineries to follow in Overberg.. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Overberg to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Giant Periwinkle wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Giant Periwinkle

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Giant Periwinkle

How Winery Giant Periwinkle wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of blanquette of monkfish with small vegetables, mamyjaja lamb mouse tagine or traditional hungarian goulash.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Giant Periwinkle

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Giant Periwinkle. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Giant Periwinkle.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Malbec
  • Cinsaut
  • Pinotage

Discovering the wine region of Overberg

The wine region of Overberg is located in the region of Cape South Coast of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Lismore or the Domaine Crystallum produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Overberg are Chardonnay, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Overberg often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, tropical fruit or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

In the mouth of Overberg is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 26 estates and châteaux in the of Overberg, producing 59 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Overberg go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian.

The top white wines of Winery Giant Periwinkle

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Giant Periwinkle

How Winery Giant Periwinkle wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of smoked salmon burger - chive cream, shrimp curry and coconut (thailand) or salmon and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Giant Periwinkle

On the nose the white wine of Winery Giant Periwinkle. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Giant Periwinkle. is a with a nice freshness.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Giant Periwinkle.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Viognier
  • Nouvelle

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Giant Periwinkle

Planning a wine route in the of Overberg? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Giant Periwinkle.

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 Giant Periwinkle 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 ...

Ukraine winery’s mission to deliver bottles to DWWA

Amid the devastation and turmoil since Russia’s invasion on 24 February, Beykush winery on southern Ukraine’s Black Sea Coast has been among those attempting to continue operations as much as possible. Last week, Beykush began transporting thousands of wines to western Ukraine in order to protect them for possible export to other markets, winery director Svetlana Tsybak told Decanter. ‘Yesterday we sent three palettes, about 1,200 bottles, and today the same quantity,’ she said. She also s ...

Ukraine winery owner urges Europe’s vintners to host refugees

Eugene Shneyderis, founder of Beykush winery on the Black Sea coast in southern Ukraine, said he was keen to reach out to vineyard estate owners who may have the space to host refugees. More than three million people have fled the war in Ukraine since Russia began its invasion on 24 February, according to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR. Shneyderis, 49, lives in Spain with his family and said he was inspired by the story of a nearby wine company in Penedes, which was using accommodation ...

The word of the wine: Classified growth

Place name or castle subject to a classification (Médoc classification of 1855, classified growths of Alsace...)