Winery Mooiplaas Wine EstateThe Lemongrass White
White wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Sauvignon Blanc.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, vegetarian or poultry.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the The Lemongrass White of Winery Mooiplaas Wine Estate in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of vegetal, spices or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit.
Food and wine pairings with The Lemongrass White
Pairings that work perfectly with The Lemongrass White
Original food and wine pairings with The Lemongrass White
The The Lemongrass White of Winery Mooiplaas Wine Estate matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of wild rice salad with tuna, festive sea pot or french toast.
Details and technical informations about Winery Mooiplaas Wine Estate's The Lemongrass White.
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 The Lemongrass White from Winery Mooiplaas Wine Estate are 2016, 2017, 2015, 0 and 2013.
Informations about the Winery Mooiplaas Wine Estate
The Winery Mooiplaas Wine Estate is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Drawing (liqueur de)
In champagne and sparkling wines of traditional method, addition to the wine, at the time of bottling (tirage) of sugars and yeasts dissolved in wine. These components will provoke the second fermentation in the bottle leading to the formation of carbon dioxide bubbles.
