Winery Vonkel FonteinWinemaker's Selection Chenin Blanc - Muscat d'Alexandrie
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with lean fish, shellfish or mild and soft cheese.
Taste structure of the Winemaker's Selection Chenin Blanc - Muscat d'Alexandrie from the Winery Vonkel Fontein
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Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Winemaker's Selection Chenin Blanc - Muscat d'Alexandrie of Winery Vonkel Fontein in the region of Western Cape is a with a nice freshness.
Food and wine pairings with Winemaker's Selection Chenin Blanc - Muscat d'Alexandrie
Pairings that work perfectly with Winemaker's Selection Chenin Blanc - Muscat d'Alexandrie
Original food and wine pairings with Winemaker's Selection Chenin Blanc - Muscat d'Alexandrie
The Winemaker's Selection Chenin Blanc - Muscat d'Alexandrie of Winery Vonkel Fontein matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of mussels with roquefort cheese, scallops with coconut cream or baked monkfish fillets with tomato.
Details and technical informations about Winery Vonkel Fontein's Winemaker's Selection Chenin Blanc - Muscat d'Alexandrie.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Winemaker's Selection Chenin Blanc - Muscat d'Alexandrie from Winery Vonkel Fontein are 2018, 2016
Informations about the Winery Vonkel Fontein
The Winery Vonkel Fontein is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Western Cape
The Western Cape is home to the vast majority of the South African wine industry, and the country's two most famous wine regions, Stellenbosch and Paarl. The city of Cape Town serves as the epicenter of the Cape Winelands, a mountainous, biologically diverse area in the south-western corner of the African continent. A wide variety of wines are produced here. Wines from the Shiraz and Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.
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The word of the wine: Texture
In tasting, the equivalent of touch. It is the set of tactile sensations perceived by the mucous membranes of the mouth: silky, velvety, sticky, fatty, astringent, pasty, etc.
