Winery MensaChenin Blanc - Pinot Grigio
White wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, poultry or lean fish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Chenin Blanc - Pinot Grigio of Winery Mensa in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or apples and sometimes also flavors of minerality, apricot or pear.
Food and wine pairings with Chenin Blanc - Pinot Grigio
Pairings that work perfectly with Chenin Blanc - Pinot Grigio
Original food and wine pairings with Chenin Blanc - Pinot Grigio
The Chenin Blanc - Pinot Grigio of Winery Mensa matches generally quite well with dishes of veal, shellfish or poultry such as recipes of veal paupiettes with forestry sauce, baeckeoffe with fish or pierogi ruskie (with cheese).
Details and technical informations about Winery Mensa's Chenin Blanc - Pinot Grigio.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc
It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Chenin Blanc - Pinot Grigio from Winery Mensa are 2017, 2019, 2018
Informations about the Winery Mensa
The Winery Mensa is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Flower
Wine disease resulting in a whitish haze and a vented taste.
