Winery Meerlust - Chardonnay

Winery MeerlustChardonnay

4.0
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Chardonnay of Winery Meerlust is a white wine from the region of Stellenbosch 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 from the Winery Meerlust

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Chardonnay of Winery Meerlust in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, butter

Wine with microbio taste

cream, cheese

Wine with earth taste

honey, stone

Wine with spices taste

cinnamon, fennel

Wine with vegetal taste

chard, straw

Wine with floral taste

honeysuckle

On the nose the Chardonnay of Winery Meerlust in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, earth or orange and sometimes also flavors of grass, nutty or honey.

Details and technical informations about Winery Meerlust's Chardonnay.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine 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 - 2019
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Chardonnay - 2018
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Chardonnay - 2017
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Chardonnay - 2016
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 411110
Chardonnay - 2015
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Chardonnay - 2014
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Chardonnay - 2013
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Chardonnay from Winery Meerlust are 1998, 2007, 2017, 2019 and 2018.

Informations about the Winery Meerlust

The winery offers 10 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Meerlust is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 550 of of South Africa wines
In the top 250 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 3500 of white wines
In the top 20000 wines of the world

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 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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The word of the wine: Botrytis

Fungus that causes grape rot.

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