Winery Waterford Estate - Heatherleigh

Winery Waterford EstateHeatherleigh

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Heatherleigh of Winery Waterford Estate is a sweet wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Chenin blanc and the Viognier.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, pork or vegetarian.
The Heatherleigh of the Winery Waterford Estate is in the top 70 of wines of Stellenbosch.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Heatherleigh of Winery Waterford Estate in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices.

Details and technical informations about Winery Waterford Estate's Heatherleigh.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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

Heatherleigh - 2017
In the top 70 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Heatherleigh - 2016
In the top 70 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.311110

The best vintages of Heatherleigh from Winery Waterford Estate are 2017, 2016

Informations about the Winery Waterford Estate

The winery offers 44 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Waterford Estate is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 45 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 200 of of South Africa wines
In the top 75 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 250 of sweet wines
In the top 7500 wines of the world

The wine region of Stellenbosch

The wine region of Stellenbosch is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. We currently count 582 estates and châteaux in the of Stellenbosch, producing 3443 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Stellenbosch go well with generally quite well with dishes .


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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A type of champagne that has not received any dosage liqueur.

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