Winery Neil Ellis - Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve

Winery Neil EllisCape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve

4.2
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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 Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve of Winery Neil Ellis is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or lamb.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve of Winery Neil Ellis in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Neil Ellis's Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve.

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

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Sauvignon

Cabernet-Sauvignon noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. Cabernet-Sauvignon noir can be found in many vineyards: South-West, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Rhone Valley, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Last vintages of this wine

Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve - 2013
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve - 2012
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve - 2011
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve - 2010
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve - 2009
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve - 2007
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve from Winery Neil Ellis are 2012, 2009, 2013, 2011 and 2007.

Informations about the Winery Neil Ellis

The winery offers 59 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Neil Ellis is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 58 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 750 of of South Africa wines
In the top 300 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 20000 of red wines
In the top 30000 wines of the world

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.

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The word of the wine: pH

Short for "hydrogen potential", the pH is a parameter that defines whether a medium is acidic or basic. A high pH gives a soft wine, a very low pH translates into a wine that is too acidic.

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