The Swartland Winery is one of the world's great estates. It offers 117 wines for sale in of Swartland to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Swartland Winery wines in Swartland among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Swartland Winery 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 Swartland Winery wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Swartland Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of pot roast, rabbit with white wine or express chicken skewers with spices.
On the nose the red wine of Swartland Winery. often reveals types of flavors of jam, cherry or dark fruit and sometimes also flavors of chocolate, pepper or plum. In the mouth the red wine of Swartland Winery. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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).
How Swartland Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of mussels with chicken, moroccan kefta balls or fillets of sole a la dieppoise.
On the nose the white wine of Swartland Winery. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, guava or oak and sometimes also flavors of non oak, tropical fruit or dried fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Swartland Winery. is a with a nice freshness.
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.
How Swartland Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb such as recipes of roast beef in a crust (onions & mustard), rabbit with prunes or couscous without couscous maker.
On the nose the natural sweet wine of Swartland Winery. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or earth.
Quality of a delicate and elegant wine.
How Swartland Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of rabbit with prunes or aïoli.
Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
How Swartland Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of cod brandade, knife feet or broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry.
On the nose the sparkling wine of Swartland Winery. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.
Climbing shrubs with woody stems called shoots that produce grapes in clusters.
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White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.
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 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 ...
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 ...
Quality of a delicate and elegant wine.
