The Winery The Wedge of Swartland of Western Cape

Winery The Wedge
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 104 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Swartland in the region of Western Cape

The Winery The Wedge is one of the best wineries to follow in Swartland.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Swartland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery The Wedge wines

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

The top white wines of Winery The Wedge

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

How Winery The Wedge wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of jambalaya (louisiana), traditional hungarian goulash or white fish in court-bouillon.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery The Wedge

  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • 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).

The top red wines of Winery The Wedge

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery The Wedge

How Winery The Wedge wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of fillet of beef in a foie gras and truffle crust, wild boar ragout with kriek or thai chicken with red curry and green curry in coconut milk.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery The Wedge

On the nose the red wine of Winery The Wedge. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery The Wedge. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery The Wedge

  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.53/5

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

  • Pinotage
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Viognier
  • Mourvedre

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 The Wedge

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 Wedge.

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!).

News about Winery The Wedge and wines from the region

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Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Charnay-les-Mâcon, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bo ...

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At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Mancey

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The word of the wine: Left bank

In Bordeaux, refers to the vineyards located on the left bank of the Gironde, where the dominant grape variety is Cabernet Sauvignon. These are the Medoc, Haut-Médoc, Pessac-Leognan, Graves, etc. appellations.