The Winery Meerhof of Swartland of Western Cape

Winery Meerhof - Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 441 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Swartland in the region of Western Cape
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The Winery Meerhof is one of the best wineries to follow in Swartland.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Swartland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Meerhof wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Meerhof

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Meerhof

How Winery Meerhof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of veal shank with mushrooms, lamb with coconut milk or basque chicken with chorizo.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Meerhof

On the nose the red wine of Winery Meerhof. often reveals types of flavors of oak, spices or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, microbio or tropical fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Meerhof. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Meerhof

  • 2008With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.69/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinotage
  • Grenache

Discovering the wine region of Swartland

The wine region of Swartland is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Sadie Family or the Domaine Sadie Family produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Swartland are Chenin blanc, Mourvèdre and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Swartland often reveals types of flavors of cherry, marmalade or cantaloupe and sometimes also flavors of chard, poire nashi or red cherry.

In the mouth of Swartland is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 192 estates and châteaux in the of Swartland, producing 832 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Swartland go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).

The top white wines of Winery Meerhof

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Meerhof

How Winery Meerhof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of quiche without pastry, sardines moroccan style or quiche lorraine.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Meerhof

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Meerhof

  • 2018With an average score of 3.28/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Roussanne
  • Grenache Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. 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. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

The top pink wines of Winery Meerhof

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Meerhof

How Winery Meerhof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables or ravioles from champsaur.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Meerhof

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Meerhof. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Meerhof

  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Meerhof.

  • Grenache

The word of the wine: Grey (wine)

Wine obtained by vinifying white grapes with coloured skin (black or grey), by direct pressing, without maceration. It is a rosé with very little colour.

The top sweet wines of Winery Meerhof

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Meerhof

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

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Meerhof

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Meerhof. often reveals types of flavors of dried fruit.

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. 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. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Meerhof

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

Discover the grape variety: Roussanne

Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

News about Winery Meerhof and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

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 ...

Palladius and Columella verticals: Eben Sadie’s Swartland flagships

The rapid rise of South Africa’s Swartland wine region over the past 20 years has been thrilling to watch. And arguably the most influential winemaker during this renaissance has – and continues to be – Eben Sadie. Sadie was in London recently for a vertical tasting of his flagship wines, the red blend Columella and white blend Palladius. He explained to a rapt audience of critics, buyers and sommeliers how his approach to winemaking has changed over the years, and revealed how he’s preparing fo ...

The word of the wine: Grey (wine)

Wine obtained by vinifying white grapes with coloured skin (black or grey), by direct pressing, without maceration. It is a rosé with very little colour.

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