Winery Glen Carlou - Chardonnay Unwooded

Winery Glen CarlouChardonnay Unwooded

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 Chardonnay Unwooded of Winery Glen Carlou is a white wine from the region of Paarl of Western Cape.
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.

Taste structure of the Chardonnay Unwooded from the Winery Glen Carlou

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Chardonnay Unwooded of Winery Glen Carlou in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

honey, honeycomb

Wine with oak taste

butter, butterscotch

Wine with vegetal taste

chard, straw

Wine with microbio taste

cream

On the nose the Chardonnay Unwooded of Winery Glen Carlou in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, non oak or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of honeycomb, citrus fruit or tree fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Glen Carlou's Chardonnay Unwooded.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
13.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Last vintages of this wine

Chardonnay Unwooded - 2019
In the top 100 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Chardonnay Unwooded - 2018
In the top 100 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Chardonnay Unwooded - 2017
In the top 100 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Chardonnay Unwooded - 2016
In the top 100 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Chardonnay Unwooded - 2015
In the top 100 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Chardonnay Unwooded - 2014
In the top 100 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Chardonnay Unwooded - 2013
In the top 100 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of Chardonnay Unwooded from Winery Glen Carlou are 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019 and 2018.

Informations about the Winery Glen Carlou

The winery offers 57 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This winery is part of the The Hess Collection.
It is in the top 20 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Paarl in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Glen Carlou is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 67 wines for sale in the of Paarl to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 4000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 300 of of Paarl wines
In the top 35000 of white wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of Paarl

The wine region of Paarl is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vilafonté or the Domaine La Motte Wine Estate produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Paarl are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Paarl often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, prune or eucalyptus and sometimes also flavors of mocha, cranberry or strawberries.


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: Volatile acidity

Acidity resulting essentially from alcoholic fermentation and formed from acetic acids in the free state.

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