The Winery Serengeti of Swartland of Western Cape

Winery Serengeti - Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 19 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.2.
This estate is part of the Swartland Winery.
It is ranked in the top 192 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Swartland in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Serengeti is one of the best wineries to follow in Swartland.. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Swartland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Serengeti wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Serengeti

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Serengeti

How Winery Serengeti wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of chickpeas spanish style, navarin of lamb or lemon chicken.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Serengeti

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Serengeti

  • 2014With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.44/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.22/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.16/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.02/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Pinotage
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Swartland

The wine region of Swartland is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Sadie Family or the Domaine Sadie Family produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Swartland are Chenin blanc, Mourvèdre and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Swartland often reveals types of flavors of cherry, marmalade or cantaloupe and sometimes also flavors of chard, poire nashi or red cherry.

In the mouth of Swartland is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 192 estates and châteaux in the of Swartland, producing 832 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Swartland go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).

The top white wines of Winery Serengeti

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Serengeti

How Winery Serengeti wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of roast pork in the oven, mackerel in white wine or quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Serengeti

On the nose the white wine of Winery Serengeti. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit or earth. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Serengeti. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Serengeti

  • 2017With an average score of 3.25/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.23/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.23/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.16/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.15/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

The top pink wines of Winery Serengeti

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Serengeti

How Winery Serengeti wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of very soft beef bourguignon, italian pasta or duck baeckeoffe with christmas spices and dried fruits.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Serengeti

  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Serengeti.

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Véraison

A phase in the vegetative cycle of the vine that takes place in summer, usually in August, when the grapes change colour from green to red (for reds) or yellow (for whites). This stage heralds the beginning of ripening.

The top sweet wines of Winery Serengeti

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Serengeti

How Winery Serengeti wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Serengeti

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

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

News about Winery Serengeti and wines from the region

Palladius and Columella verticals: Eben Sadie’s Swartland flagships

The rapid rise of South Africa’s Swartland wine region over the past 20 years has been thrilling to watch. And arguably the most influential winemaker during this renaissance has – and continues to be – Eben Sadie. Sadie was in London recently for a vertical tasting of his flagship wines, the red blend Columella and white blend Palladius. He explained to a rapt audience of critics, buyers and sommeliers how his approach to winemaking has changed over the years, and revealed how he’s preparing fo ...

Bordeaux ‘Act for Change’ symposium

The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C  in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Véraison

A phase in the vegetative cycle of the vine that takes place in summer, usually in August, when the grapes change colour from green to red (for reds) or yellow (for whites). This stage heralds the beginning of ripening.