The Winery The Observatory of Swartland of Western Cape

Winery The Observatory
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 612 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Swartland in the region of Western Cape

The Winery The Observatory is one of the best wineries to follow in Swartland.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Swartland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery The Observatory wines

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

The top white wines of Winery The Observatory

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery The Observatory

How Winery The Observatory wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of pasta shells, colombian lentils or monkfish matelote.

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

  • Chenin Blanc

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).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery The Observatory

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 The Observatory.

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.