The Winery Louis Nel of Stellenbosch of Western Cape

Winery Louis Nel
The winery offers 26 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 1048 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Louis Nel is one of the best wineries to follow in Stellenbosch.. It offers 26 wines for sale in of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Louis Nel wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Louis Nel

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Louis Nel

How Winery Louis Nel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef stew, lamb meatballs with mint or scallops with cream.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Louis Nel

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Louis Nel

  • 2009With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.41/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.37/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Mourvedre
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Stellenbosch

The wine region of Stellenbosch is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. We currently count 582 estates and châteaux in the of Stellenbosch, producing 3443 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Stellenbosch go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top white wines of Winery Louis Nel

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Louis Nel

How Winery Louis Nel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of festive sea pot, mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche or small pizzas goat cheese pear honey.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Louis Nel

On the nose the white wine of Winery Louis Nel. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Louis Nel. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Louis Nel

  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.31/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chenin Blanc

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 Louis Nel

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

Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. 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 medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Louis Nel and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘I urge every reader to enjoy wine thoughtfully’

I first contributed to Decanter back in November 1988; the hundreds of columns and articles I’ve written since constitute a journey of discovery. I squirm, though, if I’m described as a ‘wine expert’. Whatever wine knowledge we acquire quickly cools, congeals and crusts over, like custard or gravy, as the years pass. The wine world expands at a clip. Every vintage rewrites history. It’s the chance to share discoveries – not just about wines, but about people, places and the act of drinking itsel ...

Champagne still fizzing on fine wine market in 2022

Champagne prices jumped on vintages of several prestige cuvée labels in 2021 and the sector’s momentum on the fine wine market continued to appear strong in the first quarter of 2022. Louis Roederer’s Cristal has been particularly in demand and its newly released Cristal 2014 vintage was ‘selling like hot cakes’, according to a Bordeaux Index report on Champagne’s market performance – published last month. Bollinger’s La Grande Année 2014 has also sold quickly on release, said ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘I disregard yield information – trust what you taste instead’

I was with some wine students in Chablis, visiting the affable Guillaume Michel of Domaine Louis Michel. The 2018 vintage in Chablis was prolific, though Guillaume’s team pruned the vines as hard as normal. Guillaume has a little more than a half-hectare of the smallest of the grands crus, Grenouilles (8.74ha in production in 2018, most of which is controlled by the cooperative La Chablisienne): delicious in 2018. And, after a year’s pruning and vine-tending, after hand-harvesting and scrupulous ...

The word of the wine: Polyphenols

Substance contained essentially in the skin of the grape. The main ones are anthocyanins, which give red wines their colour and tannins.