Winery Rickety BridgeRoad to Santiago Natural Ferment Semillon
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 Road to Santiago Natural Ferment Semillon of Winery Rickety Bridge in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Road to Santiago Natural Ferment Semillon
Pairings that work perfectly with Road to Santiago Natural Ferment Semillon
Original food and wine pairings with Road to Santiago Natural Ferment Semillon
The Road to Santiago Natural Ferment Semillon of Winery Rickety Bridge matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of mackerel in white wine, cassolettes of scallops or chocolate fondant.
Details and technical informations about Winery Rickety Bridge's Road to Santiago Natural Ferment Semillon.
Discover the grape variety: Cornalin du Valais
Very old vine cultivated in the Swiss Valais, resulting from a natural crossing between the petit rouge(*) and the mayolet. It is the father of red humagne, also called cornalin d'Aoste, the grandfather of durize or petit rouge du Valais or rouge de Fully and a relative of goron. - Synonymy: old red of Valais, red of the country in Switzerland, landroter (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!). - Description: medium-sized bunches, cylindrical, winged, compact, strong medium-sized peduncles with little lignification; medium-sized berries, spherical or short elliptical, skin of a beautiful bluish black colour with a lot of bloom. The foliage turns completely red in the fall. - Production potential: early budding in the year. Capricious and difficult variety. Particularly likes the limestone soils of well exposed hillsides that warm up quickly enough, lean and well drained. Semi-erect bearing, vigorous with irregular production. Resists well to winter frosts. Susceptible to the main diseases, especially to oidium and grey rot. Also susceptible to magnesium deficiency and stalk dehydration. Maturity: 3rd early season
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Road to Santiago Natural Ferment Semillon from Winery Rickety Bridge are 2016, 0, 2014
Informations about the Winery Rickety Bridge
The Winery Rickety Bridge is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 40 wines for sale in the of Franschhoek to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Franschhoek
The wine region of Franschhoek is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Anthonij Rupert or the Domaine Holden Manz produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Franschhoek are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Franschhoek often reveals types of flavors of cream, dried fruit or ash and sometimes also flavors of bell pepper, ripe blackberries or cigar.
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: INAO
National Institute of Origin and Quality. French organization depending on the Ministry of Agriculture and in charge of quality signs: AOC, IGP, labels and organic farming.
