Winery Montegray VineyardsGrenache Blanc - Roussanne
White wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
The Grenache Blanc - Roussanne of the Winery Montegray Vineyards is in the top 5 of wines of Simonsberg-Stellenbosch.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Grenache Blanc - Roussanne
Pairings that work perfectly with Grenache Blanc - Roussanne
Original food and wine pairings with Grenache Blanc - Roussanne
The Grenache Blanc - Roussanne of Winery Montegray Vineyards matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or poultry such as recipes of fresh tuna with sesame seeds, gari (cassava flour) with shrimps (africa) or korean bibimbap.
Details and technical informations about Winery Montegray Vineyards's Grenache Blanc - Roussanne.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Grenache Blanc - Roussanne from Winery Montegray Vineyards are 2016, 0
Informations about the Winery Montegray Vineyards
The Winery Montegray Vineyards is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in the of Simonsberg-Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Simonsberg-Stellenbosch
The wine region of Simonsberg-Stellenbosch is located in the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Delheim or the Domaine Remhoogte produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Simonsberg-Stellenbosch are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Simonsberg-Stellenbosch often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or microbio.
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: Maturation
Transformation undergone by the grape when it is enriched with sugar and loses some of its acidity to reach maturity.
