The Winery Highlands Road of Elgin of Western Cape

Winery Highlands Road
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 75 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Elgin in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Highlands Road is one of the world's great estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Elgin to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Highlands Road wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Highlands Road

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Highlands Road

How Winery Highlands Road wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of flammekueche (with laughing cow), pasta salmon - fresh cream or zucchini quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Highlands Road

On the nose the white wine of Winery Highlands Road. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Highlands Road. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Highlands Road

  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Highlands Road.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Elgin

South Africa's coolest region on the Hottentots Holland heights (1 hr from Cape Town): Sauvignon Blanc signature as king white — racy and mineral with chiselled notes of citrus, green apple, passion fruit, herbs and a flint touch, signature lively acidity. Elegant tense Pinot Noir as king red (cherry, raspberry, earth, spices) and fresh Chardonnay as complement. WO Cape South Coast, 250-400 m altitude, ocean mists, varied soils (sandstone, granite, shale).

The top sweet wines of Winery Highlands Road

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Highlands Road

How Winery Highlands Road wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Rich, structured whites with a golden robe, full palate and moderate acidity. Aromas of yellow fruits (peach, apricot), honey, white flowers, beeswax, brioche and white truffle with age. Exceptional aptitude for noble rot. Star of Sauternes AOC and Barsac AOC, pillar of dry whites in Graves and Pessac-Léognan AOC, and of long-lived dry whites in Hunter Valley (Australia). Native Bordeaux variety.

The top red wines of Winery Highlands Road

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Highlands Road

How Winery Highlands Road wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of traditional hungarian goulash, sauté of veal with chorizo or venison leg in casserole.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Highlands Road

On the nose the red wine of Winery Highlands Road. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Highlands Road. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Highlands Road

  • 2015With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Highlands Road.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Pinot Noir
  • Merlot
  • Mourvedre

The word of the wine: Hairy

A sensual and complete wine that leaves a sensation of balance and fullness in the mouth.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Highlands Road

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

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.