Winery PackwoodGent Brut

wine of Plettenberg Bay of Western Cape of South Africa

The Gent Brut of Winery Packwood is a wine from the region of Plettenberg Bay of Western Cape.
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The Gent Brut of the Winery Packwood is in the top 0 of wines of Plettenberg Bay.

Discover the grape variety: Grillo

A very ancient grape variety still grown today in western Sicily. Very often associated with catarratto and inzolia, it produces the famous Marsala liqueur wine. It is also increasingly being vinified as a single variety and produces excellent dry wines full of freshness and fruitiness. Grillo is believed to be the result of an intra-fertile cross between catarratto and Muscat of Alexandria or zibibbo, obtained in 1869 by Antonino Mendola. It is represented by two biotypes that can be easily recognized, but it seems that winegrowers attach little importance to them. Little known in other Italian regions - in Liguria it is known as "rossese bianco" - it can also be found in Australia and South Africa. It is not widely grown in France, although it is interesting because of its ability to withstand hot climates and drought, and to ripen quite late.

Informations about the Winery Packwood

The winery offers 11 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.

It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Plettenberg Bay in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Packwood is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Plettenberg Bay to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The wine region of Plettenberg Bay

The wine region of Plettenberg Bay is located in the region of Cape South Coast of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Newstead or the Domaine Bramon produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Plettenberg Bay are Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Plettenberg Bay often reveals types of flavors of microbio, vegetal or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit.

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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