Winery Waterford Estate - The Family Reserve Heatherleigh

Winery Waterford EstateThe Family Reserve Heatherleigh

4.1
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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 The Family Reserve Heatherleigh of Winery Waterford Estate is a sweet wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

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

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

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
13°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Arbanne

A very old grape variety that would have found its first origins in the Gier Valley and brought to the north-east of France in the Aube department, among others. Today it is very little multiplied, but it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.

Last vintages of this wine

The Family Reserve Heatherleigh - 2015
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
The Family Reserve Heatherleigh - 2013
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.111110
The Family Reserve Heatherleigh - 2008
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of The Family Reserve Heatherleigh from Winery Waterford Estate are 2008, 2013, 2015

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 5 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 550 of of South Africa wines
In the top 250 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 650 of sweet wines
In the top 20000 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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