The Winery Welgegund of Wellington of Western Cape

Winery Welgegund - Chenin Blanc
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 36 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Wellington in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Welgegund is one of the world's great estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Wellington to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Welgegund wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Welgegund

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Welgegund

How Winery Welgegund wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of spaghetti with clams, pasta with puttanesca sauce or seafood gratin, quick and tasty!.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Welgegund

On the nose the white wine of Winery Welgegund. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Welgegund. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Welgegund

  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Chenin Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Wellington

The wine region of Wellington is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Andreas or the Domaine Diemersfontein produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Wellington are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Wellington often reveals types of flavors of plum, honey or nutmeg and sometimes also flavors of mushroom, rubber or cocoa.

In the mouth of Wellington is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 67 estates and châteaux in the of Wellington, producing 311 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Wellington go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top red wines of Winery Welgegund

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Welgegund

How Winery Welgegund wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, mature and hard cheese or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pastasciutta (corsica), saint nectaire cheese spread with local ham or duck legs with honey.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Welgegund

On the nose the red wine of Winery Welgegund. often reveals types of flavors of spices, red fruit or oak and sometimes also flavors of non oak.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Welgegund

  • 2015With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.19/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Grenache
  • Carignan
  • Cinsault
  • Pinotage
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cinsaut

Discover the grape variety: Cinsaut

Cinsaut noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). 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 large bunches and large grapes. Cinsaut noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Welgegund

Planning a wine route in the of Wellington? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Welgegund.

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 Welgegund and wines from the region

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Cape Winemakers Guild 2022 auction: all the lots to bid on

The 38th annual Cape Winemakers Guild Auction is back on home soil in South Africa this year. Auction house Strauss & Co will host the sale, sponsored by Nedbank, live and online from 5pm to 8pm on Friday 30 September and 9am to 3pm on Saturday 1 October. Bidders can attend the auction in person at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West, bid by telephone, or online. They can also leave a commission bid in advance of the sale. Bonhams auction house held the auction in London in 2020 and 2021 ...

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The word of the wine: Claret

Name given by the English to the red wine of Bordeaux.