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Winery Stanford Hills
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 51 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Walker Bay in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Stanford Hills is one of the world's great estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Walker Bay to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Stanford Hills wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Stanford Hills

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Stanford Hills

How Winery Stanford Hills wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of beef tournedos with boursin, casserons in the country style or magic cake cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Stanford Hills

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Stanford Hills

  • 2010With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.89/5

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

  • Pinotage
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Walker Bay

Cool-climate district of Cape Overberg (South Africa, ~1h from Cape Town): signature Pinot Noir red king in Burgundian style — elegant with hallmark notes of cherry, raspberry, spice and mineral touch, exuberant acidity and fruit concentration preserved by the Benguela Antarctic current. Racy Chardonnay white king — crisp with white flowers, citrus, butter and minerality. Flinty Sauvignon Blanc in support. Hemel-en-Aarde flagship, sandstone-schist-granite.

The top white wines of Winery Stanford Hills

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Stanford Hills

How Winery Stanford Hills wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of wild boar stew, sublime salmon (stuffed salmon) or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Stanford Hills

On the nose the white wine of Winery Stanford Hills. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Stanford Hills. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Stanford Hills

  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.38/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.

The top pink wines of Winery Stanford Hills

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Stanford Hills

How Winery Stanford Hills wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of tournedos with foie gras, lamb mouse with onions and red wine or chicken leg with curry in the oven.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Stanford Hills

  • 2018With an average score of 3.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 2.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 2.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 2.60/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Fade

Wine lacking in sapidity, flat, soft and without character.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Stanford Hills

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

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.