Winery Welgegund - Providence

Winery Welgegund Providence

4.5
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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 world.
The Providence of Winery Welgegund is a red wine from the region of Wellington of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
The Providence of the Winery Welgegund is in the top 30 of wines of Wellington.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Providence of Winery Welgegund in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or red fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Welgegund's Providence.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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.

Last vintages of this wine

Providence - 2015
In the top 30 of of Wellington wines
Average rating: 4.5 1 1 1 1 0.5

The best vintages of Providence from Winery Welgegund are 2015

Informations about the Winery Welgegund

The winery offers 10 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Wellington in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Welgegund is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Wellington to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 2000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 40 of of Wellington wines
In the top 45000 of red wines
In the top 70000 wines of the world

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.


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 Grape/Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.

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The word of the wine: Peduncle

The stem of a flower or fruit.

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