The Winery Minimalist of Elim of Western Cape

Winery Minimalist - Stars In The Dark
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.3.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Western Cape.
It is located in Elim in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Minimalist is one of the best wineries to follow in Elim.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Elim to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Minimalist wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Minimalist

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Minimalist

How Winery Minimalist wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of enchiladas franchouillards, fried vegetables with merguez and chipo or rabbit with prunes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Minimalist

On the nose the red wine of Winery Minimalist. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Minimalist. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Minimalist

  • 2018With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.30/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Elim

The wine region of Elim is located in the region of Cape Agulhas of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine David Nieuwoudt or the Domaine Black Oystercatcher produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Elim are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Mourvèdre and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Elim often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit.

In the mouth of Elim is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 6 estates and châteaux in the of Elim, producing 8 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Elim go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Minimalist

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

Discover the grape variety: Brachetto

A very old vine cultivated in the northwest of Italy, in Piedmont to be precise (provinces of Asti and Allessandria). For a long time it was confused with a large number of other Italian grape varieties, which explains why the latter still bear the synonym "brachetto". It is said to be related to the Muscat à petits grains blancs, to be continued! Note that Brachet, known in the Nice region (Alpes maritimes), is not related to Brachetto. Brachetto can be found in Argentina, Italy, etc. It is virtually unknown in France.

News about Winery Minimalist and wines from the region

Champagne Telmont unveils plans to reduce the weight of its bottles

For the project, the Champagne house is partnering with French glassmaker Verallia, which boasts 32 glass production facilities in 11 countries and claims to be the world’s third-largest producer of glass packaging for beverages and food products. ‘Telmont is a traditional house that embraces innovation, especially when it enables us to reduce our carbon footprint, [and] Verallia… also shares these values,’ said Ludovic du Plessis, president of Telmont House. ‘I sincerely hope that what we ...

Wine lover: The climate needs you!

Kimberly Nicholas PhD (@KA_Nicholas) is a sustainability scientist at Lund University, and author of Under the Sky We Make: How to Be Human in a Warming World  Our 2020 research found that how fast we succeed at stopping warming will determine how much of the wine-growing regions and their characteristic varieties we love will remain in our lifetimes.  Changing to warmer-climate varieties can help limit losses, but there are limits to adaptation.  An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. ...

Fears of frost damage return to French vineyards

Frost returned to French vineyards early this month as France recorded its coldest April night since 1947. Temperatures plunged to minus nine degrees Celsius in some parts of the Champagne region on the night between 3 and 4 April, with minus seven reported in areas around Bordeaux and minus six in Chablis. Some winemakers lit candles and fires between vineyard rows to help protect young buds. Yet while scenes were reminiscent of the devastating frosts that struck French vineyards in April 2021, ...

The word of the wine: Size

Cutting of shoots to regulate and balance the growth of the vine in order to control productivity.

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