Winery Mensa - Chenin Blanc - Pinot Grigio

Winery MensaChenin Blanc - Pinot Grigio

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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 Chenin Blanc - Pinot Grigio of Winery Mensa is a white wine from the region of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, poultry or lean fish.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

honey

Wine with microbio taste

cheese

Wine with vegetal taste

gooseberry

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.

Details and technical informations about Winery Mensa's Chenin Blanc - Pinot Grigio.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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

Chenin Blanc - Pinot Grigio - 2019
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 411110
Chenin Blanc - Pinot Grigio - 2018
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 411110
Chenin Blanc - Pinot Grigio - 2017
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Chenin Blanc - Pinot Grigio from Winery Mensa are 2017, 2019, 2018

Informations about the Winery Mensa

The winery offers 5 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This winery is part of the Overhex Wines.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Western Cape

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.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 650 of of South Africa wines
In the top 650 of of Western Cape wines
In the top 4500 of white wines
In the top 25000 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 Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.

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