Winery OpstalThe Barber Sémillon
White wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the The Barber Sémillon of Winery Opstal in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of cream, oaky or citrus and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, non oak or microbio.
Food and wine pairings with The Barber Sémillon
Pairings that work perfectly with The Barber Sémillon
Original food and wine pairings with The Barber Sémillon
The The Barber Sémillon of Winery Opstal matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of mackerel fillets (quick bake), mouclade or grandma's cherry clafoutis.
Details and technical informations about Winery Opstal's The Barber Sémillon.
Discover the grape variety: Xarello
Most certainly Spanish, it is practically unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A2.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of The Barber Sémillon from Winery Opstal are 2016, 2018, 2013, 2017
Informations about the Winery Opstal
The Winery Opstal is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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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