Winery Leopard’s Leap - Chardonnay (Unwooded)

Winery Leopard’s LeapChardonnay (Unwooded)

3.5
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Chardonnay (Unwooded) of Winery Leopard’s Leap is a white wine from the region of Western Cape.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Chardonnay.
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.

Taste structure of the Chardonnay (Unwooded) from the Winery Leopard’s Leap

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Chardonnay (Unwooded) of Winery Leopard’s Leap in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

butter, oak

Wine with vegetal taste

grass, gooseberry

Wine with microbio taste

cream

Wine with earth taste

honey

On the nose the Chardonnay (Unwooded) of Winery Leopard’s Leap in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, guava or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, oak or vegetal.

Details and technical informations about Winery Leopard’s Leap's Chardonnay (Unwooded).

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
13°
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

Chardonnay (Unwooded) - 2019
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Chardonnay (Unwooded) - 2018
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Chardonnay (Unwooded) - 2017
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Chardonnay (Unwooded) - 2016
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Chardonnay (Unwooded) - 2015
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Chardonnay (Unwooded) - 2014
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Chardonnay (Unwooded) - 2013
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 311100

The best vintages of Chardonnay (Unwooded) from Winery Leopard’s Leap are 2011, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016.

Informations about the Winery Leopard’s Leap

The winery offers 43 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Leopard’s Leap is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 46 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 4000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 200 of of Western Cape wines
In the top 35000 of white wines
In the top 150000 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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