The Winery Happs is one of the world's great estates. It offers 56 wines for sale in of South West Australia to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Happs wines in South West Australia among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Happs 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 Happs wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Happs wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo, salmon and spinach lasagna or merguez - courgettes gratin (leftover barbecue).
On the nose the red wine of Winery Happs. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Happs. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Western Australia is the largest of the eight administrative zones and territories of Australia. In 2020, it represented just two percent of the national wine production, but has previosly occupied up to 20 percent of the nation's fine wines.
Covering the entire western third of the vast island continent, "WA" (as it is commonly called) spans 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) from east to west. This makes it the second-largest administrative subdivision of any country in the world – bigger than Alaska and Texas combined.
Western Australia
The giant flag at Voyager Estate, Margaret River
© Jonathan Reeve
The Western Australian wine regions are clustered in the state's cooler, coastal, Southwest corner. The Northeastern two-thirds of WA are too hot to support quality viticulture.
The northwest corner is the hottest area of Australia as a whole, with summer temperatures surpassing even those of the country's famous semi-desert "Red Centre". By contrast, the Climate of the southwest WA is relatively cool, tempered by the presence of the Indian Ocean to the west and the Antarctic Ocean to the south and east.
Although it rivals the Hunter Valley in terms of low latitude (lying at 33 degrees South), the climate around the state's southwest cape is more akin to that of Bordeaux, and the most successful Grape varieties here reflect this.
It is no coincidence, that many winemakers from this area aim for a more European wine style than their counterparts further north – or those from New South Wales and South Australia. Margaret River in particular, is renowned for its more-balanced, Elegant wines, which contrast with the Powerful, fruit-driven wines of the regions further east.
Geographically, the wine regions of Western Australia can be split into roughly three groups: those around the state capital, Perth (the Swan Valley, the Perth Hills and Peel); those along the south coast (from Pemberton in the west to Albany in the east); and those around the southern end of Geographe Bay (Margaret River and Geographe).
How Winery Happs wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of baked pork chops, bacalhau a bras (portuguese cod) or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Happs. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit or earth. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Happs. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.
How Winery Happs wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of authentic bolognese sauce (ragù di carne), lamb chops with figs and honey or candied gizzards.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Happs. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or red fruit.
Expose the wine to the air before serving, to allow it to open up more, to develop its aromas and to round out its tannins.
How Winery Happs wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of fideuà (spain) or apple pie.
On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Happs. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, dried fruit.
Originally from Italy, it is the famous Sangiovese of Tuscany producing the famous wines of Brunello de Montalcino and Chianti. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. According to recent genetic analysis, it is the result of a natural cross between the almost unknown Calabrese di Montenuovo (mother) and Ciliegiolo (father).
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Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
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Expose the wine to the air before serving, to allow it to open up more, to develop its aromas and to round out its tannins.
