The Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons of Swartland of Western Cape

Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons - A&B's Blend
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 369 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Swartland in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons is one of the best wineries to follow in Swartland.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Swartland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons wines

Looking for the best Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons wines in Swartland among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons 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 Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons

How Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of monkfish in foil, breaded fish (whiting) or apple cake.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons

On the nose the white wine of Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons

  • 2018With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Clairette
  • Macabeo

Discovering the wine region of Swartland

The wine region of Swartland is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Sadie Family or the Domaine Sadie Family produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Swartland are Chenin blanc, Mourvèdre and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Swartland often reveals types of flavors of cherry, marmalade or cantaloupe and sometimes also flavors of chard, poire nashi or red cherry.

In the mouth of Swartland is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 192 estates and châteaux in the of Swartland, producing 832 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Swartland go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).

The top pink wines of Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons

How Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of aiguillette of duck normandy style or clopinettes in field dresses.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons

  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons.

  • Pinotage
  • Cinsault

Discover the grape variety: Clairette

Clairette rosé is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). It produces a variety of grape used for wine making. However, it can also be found on our tables! Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by medium to large bunches of grapes of medium size. Clairette rosé can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhône Valley, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

The top red wines of Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons

How Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast monkfish with bacon, pizza queen with merguez or wild boar, roe deer or doe leg.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons

On the nose the red wine of Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons. often reveals types of flavors of spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons

  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cinsaut
  • Grenache

The word of the wine: Reasoned (agriculture)

Conventional agriculture but concerned with limiting synthetic treatments as much as possible.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons

Planning a wine route in the of Swartland? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons.

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Môrelig Vineyards - Wightman & Sons and wines from the region

Bordeaux ‘Act for Change’ symposium

The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C  in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Palladius and Columella verticals: Eben Sadie’s Swartland flagships

The rapid rise of South Africa’s Swartland wine region over the past 20 years has been thrilling to watch. And arguably the most influential winemaker during this renaissance has – and continues to be – Eben Sadie. Sadie was in London recently for a vertical tasting of his flagship wines, the red blend Columella and white blend Palladius. He explained to a rapt audience of critics, buyers and sommeliers how his approach to winemaking has changed over the years, and revealed how he’s preparing fo ...

The word of the wine: Reasoned (agriculture)

Conventional agriculture but concerned with limiting synthetic treatments as much as possible.