The Winery Scali of Voor Paardeberg of Western Cape

Winery Scali
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Voor Paardeberg in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Scali is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Voor Paardeberg to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Scali wines

Looking for the best Winery Scali wines in Voor Paardeberg among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Scali 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 Scali wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Scali

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Scali

How Winery Scali wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of lobster barbecue, cod fillet in foil or yoghurt cake.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Scali

  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Scali.

  • Chenin Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Voor Paardeberg

Ward of the Paarl district (Western Cape, South Africa) integrated into WO in 2006 on south-east slopes of the Paardeberg granite inselberg, 15 km north of Paarl: Shiraz Rhône-style, Pinotage and Cabernet Sauvignon in reds, Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc on higher ground. Draining granite soils rich in potassium, 5°C cooler than Paarl in summer thanks to southerly winds — robust yet bright and fresh wines, aromatic intensity preserved by cool nights.

The top white wines of Winery Scali

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Scali

How Winery Scali wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of salty crumble with courgettes, goat cheese and bacon, rabbit with leeks or light salmon steaks and.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Scali

On the nose the white wine of Winery Scali. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Scali

  • 2015With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Scali.

  • Viognier
  • Roussanne
  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.

The top red wines of Winery Scali

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Scali

How Winery Scali wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of spit-turned boar leg (oven) with "automatic watering"., duck breast in a crust or pasta with chicken and curry.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Scali

On the nose the red wine of Winery Scali. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Scali. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Scali

  • 2005With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.93/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Scali.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinotage
  • Viognier

The word of the wine: Mercaptan

Organic compound resulting from the combination of alcohol and sulphide (H2S) producing an unpleasant odour reminiscent of town gas and rotten eggs.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Scali

Planning a wine route in the of Voor Paardeberg? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Scali.

Discover the grape variety: Pinotage

An intraspecific cross between pinot noir and cinsaut called hermitage, obtained in South Africa in 1925 by Professor Abraham Izak Perold. Since then, it has been propagated in Africa, New Zealand, Australia, the United States (California), Canada, Brazil, Israel, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties on the A1 list. - Synonymy: none to date (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).

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