Winery KershawThe Smuggler's Boot Chardonnay

White wine of Western Cape of South Africa

4.0

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.

The The Smuggler's Boot Chardonnay of Winery Kershaw is a white wine from the region of Western Cape.
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
The The Smuggler's Boot Chardonnay of the Winery Kershaw is in the top 90 of wines of Western Cape.

Taste structure of the The Smuggler's Boot Chardonnay from the Winery Kershaw

Light		Bold
Dry		Sweet
Soft		Acidic

In the mouth the The Smuggler's Boot Chardonnay of Winery Kershaw in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the The Smuggler's Boot Chardonnay of Winery Kershaw in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices.

Food and wine pairings with The Smuggler's Boot Chardonnay

Pairings that work perfectly with The Smuggler's Boot Chardonnay

Original food and wine pairings with The Smuggler's Boot Chardonnay

Rich fish (salmon, tuna etc)

The The Smuggler's Boot Chardonnay of Winery Kershaw matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of delicious marinated pork chops, fresh tuna with sesame seeds or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.

Details and technical informations about Winery Kershaw's The Smuggler's Boot Chardonnay.

Winery

Winery Kershaw

Grape varieties

Chardonnay

Region/Great wine region

Western Cape

Country

South Africa

Style of wine

White

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Last vintages of this wine

The Smuggler's Boot Chardonnay - 2017

In the top 90 of of Western Cape wines

Average rating: 3.9

The Smuggler's Boot Chardonnay - 2016

In the top 90 of of Western Cape wines

Average rating: 4.1

The best vintages of The Smuggler's Boot Chardonnay from Winery Kershaw are 2016, 2017

Informations about the Winery Kershaw

The winery offers 29 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.

It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Kershaw is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 5000 of of South Africa wines

In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines

In the top 45000 of white wines

In the top 200000 wines of the world

The wine region of Western Cape

The Western Cape is home to the vast majority of the South African wine industry, and the country's two most famous wine regions, Stellenbosch and Paarl. The city of Cape Town serves as the epicenter of the Cape Winelands, a mountainous, biologically diverse area in the south-western corner of the African continent. A wide variety of wines are produced here. Wines from the Shiraz and Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.

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