The Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards of Swartland of Western Cape

Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards - Chenin Blanc
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 118 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Swartland in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards is one of the best wineries to follow in Swartland.. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Swartland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards

How Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of tagliatelle with scallops, provencal bourride or pan-fried swordfish with herbs.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards

On the nose the white wine of Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards

  • 2019With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards.

  • 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 Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards

How Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon in the oven of nanou, leg of lamb with spices or my grandmother's rabbit stew.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards

On the nose the red wine of Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards. often reveals types of flavors of earth, spices or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, non oak or oak.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards

  • 2003With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Mourvedre
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cinsault

Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. 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 medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

The top sweet wines of Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards

How Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of flambéed prawns, baked whiting fillets with julienne vegetables or tarte tatin.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards. often reveals types of flavors of vegetal.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards.

  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Generous

Full-bodied, rich and open wine, in principle with a good alcohol content but without excess (in this case the wine is said to be warm).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards

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 Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards.

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.

News about Winery Tulbagh Mountain Vineyards and wines from the region

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 ...

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 ...

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: Generous

Full-bodied, rich and open wine, in principle with a good alcohol content but without excess (in this case the wine is said to be warm).