The Winery La Bri of Franschhoek of Western Cape

Winery La Bri - Affinity
The winery offers 20 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 56 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Franschhoek in the region of Western Cape

The Winery La Bri is one of the world's great estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in of Franschhoek to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery La Bri wines

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

The top red wines of Winery La Bri

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery La Bri

How Winery La Bri wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fricandeaux german style, mamyjaja lamb mouse tagine or duck breast in foil (barbecue).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery La Bri

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery La Bri

  • 2004With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Petit Verdot
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Franschhoek

The wine region of Franschhoek is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Anthonij Rupert or the Domaine Holden Manz produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Franschhoek are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Franschhoek often reveals types of flavors of cream, dried fruit or ash and sometimes also flavors of bell pepper, ripe blackberries or cigar.

In the mouth of Franschhoek is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 78 estates and châteaux in the of Franschhoek, producing 472 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Franschhoek go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top pink wines of Winery La Bri

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery La Bri

How Winery La Bri wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

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.

The top white wines of Winery La Bri

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery La Bri

How Winery La Bri wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche, salmon burger or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery La Bri

On the nose the white wine of Winery La Bri. 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 La Bri. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery La Bri

  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier

The word of the wine: Second wine

In the Bordeaux vineyard, the second wine is a lesser-aged wine made from the youngest vines, while the main wine of the château is called the "grand vin".

The top sparkling wines of Winery La Bri

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery La Bri

How Winery La Bri wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of spaghetti squash with cream and bacon, pasta with tuna and laughing cow or magic cake cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery La Bri

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery La Bri. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery La Bri

  • 2012With an average score of 4.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery La Bri.

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery La Bri

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

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.

News about Winery La Bri and wines from the region

Bordeaux innovators: Meet the names to know

When I first visited Bordeaux, the sleepy landscape of turreted stone châteaux and vineyards seemed timeless, with traditions so well established you felt they would go on forever. But new energy in this famous wine region is visible and audible: bees buzz and sheep graze in organic vineyards; brand-new cellars brim with sustainable features and wine fermenting in trendy amphorae; unusual grapes are gaining attention; and the number of women in key roles keeps growing. Yoga among the vines is s ...

Hitting the right note

Last year, there was much mirth on wine Twitter about a particularly excruciating tasting note. You’re right. The wine trade needs to get out more. But still… this one was a beauty. It began well enough – really quite beautiful, in fact. But before long the imaginative descriptions were getting more ornate and strained. It moved from poetic to meaningless before finishing with a reference to Burnt Norton – the first of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets – that put it firmly in Private Eye magazine’s ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Second wine

In the Bordeaux vineyard, the second wine is a lesser-aged wine made from the youngest vines, while the main wine of the château is called the "grand vin".