Winery Glen Carlou - Chenin Blanc The Welder Natural Sweet

Winery Glen CarlouChenin Blanc The Welder Natural Sweet

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Chenin Blanc The Welder Natural Sweet of Winery Glen Carlou is a sweet wine from the region of Paarl of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, lean fish or shellfish.
The Chenin Blanc The Welder Natural Sweet of the Winery Glen Carlou is in the top 30 of wines of Paarl.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

caramel, creme brulee

On the nose the Chenin Blanc The Welder Natural Sweet of Winery Glen Carlou in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Glen Carlou's Chenin Blanc The Welder Natural Sweet.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
10.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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

Chenin Blanc The Welder Natural Sweet - 2016
In the top 30 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Chenin Blanc The Welder Natural Sweet - 2015
In the top 30 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 411110
Chenin Blanc The Welder Natural Sweet - 2013
In the top 30 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Chenin Blanc The Welder Natural Sweet - 2012
In the top 30 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 411110
Chenin Blanc The Welder Natural Sweet - 2011
In the top 30 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Chenin Blanc The Welder Natural Sweet - 2009
In the top 30 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Chenin Blanc The Welder Natural Sweet - 2008
In the top 30 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 4.311110

The best vintages of Chenin Blanc The Welder Natural Sweet from Winery Glen Carlou are 2008, 2016, 2013, 2015 and 2012.

Informations about the Winery Glen Carlou

The winery offers 68 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 3 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 greatest 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 600 of of South Africa wines
In the top 35 of of Paarl wines
In the top 700 of sweet wines
In the top 25000 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: Destemming

Action consisting in separating the grapes from the stalk before vinification. The stalk, the woody part of the bunch, may give the wine an unpleasant vegetal character.

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