The Winery Groot Eiland of Western Cape

Winery Groot Eiland
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 4162 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Groot Eiland is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Groot Eiland wines

Looking for the best Winery Groot Eiland wines in Western Cape among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Groot Eiland 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 Groot Eiland wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Groot Eiland

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Groot Eiland

How Winery Groot Eiland wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of cajun jumbalaya rice, salmon in brick pastry or scallops or scallops express with cognac.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Groot Eiland

  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Groot Eiland.

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Western Cape

Cradle of South African wine. Signature Chenin Blanc (Steen, 20%) in ample, fresh whites with notes of quince, yellow apple, honey and acacia flower, from crisp dry to sweet. Sharp, iodised Sauvignon Blanc (Walker Bay, Constantia), balanced Chardonnay. Reds: emblematic Pinotage with roasted aromas (coffee, plum, smoke), firm Cabernet Sauvignon, spicy Syrah.

Fine Pinot Noir on the coast. Mediterranean climate cooled by the Cape Doctor, ~80% of the country's production.

The top red wines of Winery Groot Eiland

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Groot Eiland

How Winery Groot Eiland wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of celine's version of moussaka (5th meeting), duck breast in a crust or chicken tagine.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Groot Eiland

On the nose the red wine of Winery Groot Eiland. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Groot Eiland. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Groot Eiland

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Groot Eiland.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Pinotage

Discover the grape variety: Pinotage

Intensely coloured, structured reds with inky robe and firm tannins, with typical aromas of blackberry, black plum, roasted coffee, cocoa, banana and characteristic smoky notes. Made as powerful ageing reds and as more approachable fruity cuvées, sometimes as rosés. Absolute signature of South Africa (Stellenbosch, Swartland, Paarl). Cross of pinot noir × cinsault created in 1925 by Abraham Perold at Stellenbosch University.

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Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.