The Winery Journey's End of Stellenbosch of Western Cape

Winery Journey's End - Destination Chardonnay
The winery offers 37 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 62 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Journey's End is one of the world's great estates. It offers 37 wines for sale in of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Journey's End wines

Looking for the best Winery Journey's End wines in Stellenbosch among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Journey's End 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 Journey's End wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Journey's End

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Journey's End

How Winery Journey's End wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of delicious marinated pork chops, quick smoked salmon croque-monsieur or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Journey's End

On the nose the white wine of Winery Journey's End. often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, citrus fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, vegetal or oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Journey's End. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Journey's End

  • 2014With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.72/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Journey's End.

  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chenin Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Stellenbosch

The wine region of Stellenbosch is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. We currently count 582 estates and châteaux in the of Stellenbosch, producing 3443 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Stellenbosch go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top red wines of Winery Journey's End

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Journey's End

How Winery Journey's End wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beef pot au feu (grandma's style), imene's tunisian ojja or veal chop with mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Journey's End

On the nose the red wine of Winery Journey's End. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earth or floral and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, citrus fruit or microbio. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Journey's End. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Journey's End

  • 2007With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.91/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Journey's End.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Viognier
  • Mourvedre

Discover the grape variety: Pinotage

An intraspecific cross between pinot noir and cinsaut called hermitage, obtained in South Africa in 1925 by Professor Abraham Izak Perold. Since then, it has been propagated in Africa, New Zealand, Australia, the United States (California), Canada, Brazil, Israel, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties on the A1 list. - Synonymy: none to date (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Journey's End

Planning a wine route in the of Stellenbosch? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Journey's End.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Winery Journey's End and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

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Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

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