The Winery Intellego of Swartland of Western Cape

Winery Intellego - Chenin Blanc
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 63 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Swartland in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Intellego is one of the world's great estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Swartland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Intellego wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Intellego

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Intellego

How Winery Intellego wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of flambéed prawns, coconut chicken à la bellevilloise or dab with coconut milk.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Intellego

On the nose the white wine of Winery Intellego. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, melon or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit, citrus fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Intellego. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Intellego

  • 2013With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.67/5

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

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Viognier

Discovering the wine region of Swartland

The wine region of Swartland is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Sadie Family or the Domaine Sadie Family produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Swartland are Chenin blanc, Mourvèdre and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Swartland often reveals types of flavors of cherry, marmalade or cantaloupe and sometimes also flavors of chard, poire nashi or red cherry.

In the mouth of Swartland is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 192 estates and châteaux in the of Swartland, producing 832 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Swartland go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).

The top red wines of Winery Intellego

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Intellego

How Winery Intellego wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of marinated shrimp skewers with garlic, duck breast with pepper sauce or home-made coq au vin.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Intellego

On the nose the red wine of Winery Intellego. often reveals types of flavors of earth, red fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of microbio, vegetal or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Intellego. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Intellego

  • 2015With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Pinotage
  • Mourvedre
  • Cinsaut

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

The top pink wines of Winery Intellego

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Intellego

How Winery Intellego wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of simple baked roast beef, lamb crumble with oregano and feta cheese or imene's tunisian ojja.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Intellego

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Intellego. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, citrus fruit or earth.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Intellego

  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Intellego.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cinsault
  • Mourvedre

The word of the wine: Apogee

This period varies greatly depending on the type of wine and the vintage, and corresponds to the optimum quality of a wine. After the peak comes the decline.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Intellego

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

Discover the grape variety: Cinsaut

Cinsaut noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). 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 large bunches and large grapes. Cinsaut noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Winery Intellego 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 ...

Bordeaux ‘Act for Change’ symposium

The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C  in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...

Palladius and Columella verticals: Eben Sadie’s Swartland flagships

The rapid rise of South Africa’s Swartland wine region over the past 20 years has been thrilling to watch. And arguably the most influential winemaker during this renaissance has – and continues to be – Eben Sadie. Sadie was in London recently for a vertical tasting of his flagship wines, the red blend Columella and white blend Palladius. He explained to a rapt audience of critics, buyers and sommeliers how his approach to winemaking has changed over the years, and revealed how he’s preparing fo ...

The word of the wine: Apogee

This period varies greatly depending on the type of wine and the vintage, and corresponds to the optimum quality of a wine. After the peak comes the decline.