Winery Lion's Land - Special Edition Chardonnay - Viognier

Winery Lion's Land Special Edition Chardonnay - Viognier

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Special Edition Chardonnay - Viognier of Winery Lion's Land is a white wine from the region of Western Cape.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Chardonnay and the Viognier.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Special Edition Chardonnay - Viognier of Winery Lion's Land in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Special Edition Chardonnay - Viognier

Pairings that work perfectly with Special Edition Chardonnay - Viognier

Original food and wine pairings with Special Edition Chardonnay - Viognier

The Special Edition Chardonnay - Viognier of Winery Lion's Land matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of homemade pork curry, rabbit stew the old fashioned way or round zucchini stuffed with tuna.

Details and technical informations about Winery Lion's Land's Special Edition Chardonnay - Viognier.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
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

Special Edition Chardonnay - Viognier - 2016
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3 1 1 1 0 0
Special Edition Chardonnay - Viognier - 2015
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.5 1 1 1 0.5 0
Special Edition Chardonnay - Viognier - 2014
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.3 1 1 1 0 0
Special Edition Chardonnay - Viognier - 2013
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.2 1 1 1 0 0
Special Edition Chardonnay - Viognier - 2012
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3 1 1 1 0 0

The best vintages of Special Edition Chardonnay - Viognier from Winery Lion's Land are 2015, 2014, 2013, 2016 and 2012.

Informations about the Winery Lion's Land

The winery offers 15 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Lion's Land is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 10 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 15000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 15000 of of Western Cape wines
In the top 150000 of white wines
In the top 450000 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 Grape/Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.

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The word of the wine: Pinot meunier

Cultivated in the 19th century in all the northern vineyards, this black grape variety has largely regressed since. Very present in the Marne valley, it constitutes a third of the vineyards in Champagne, alongside pinot noir and chardonnay with which it is often blended. It brings roundness and red and yellow fruit aromas to champagnes. Pinot meunier is also the dominant grape variety in red and rosé wines in the Orleans AOC and the rare Touraine-Noble-Joué, a grey wine. Syn.: meunier.

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