The Winery Willespie is one of the world's great estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in of South West Australia to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Willespie wines in South West Australia among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Willespie 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 Willespie wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Willespie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of american style beef marinade, coconut from paimpol or rabbit with mushrooms.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Willespie. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Willespie. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
Western Australia is the largest of the eight administrative zones and territories of Australia. In 2020, it represented just two percent of the national wine production, but has previosly occupied up to 20 percent of the nation's fine wines.
Covering the entire western third of the vast island continent, "WA" (as it is commonly called) spans 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) from east to west. This makes it the second-largest administrative subdivision of any country in the world – bigger than Alaska and Texas combined.
Western Australia
The giant flag at Voyager Estate, Margaret River
© Jonathan Reeve
The Western Australian wine regions are clustered in the state's cooler, coastal, Southwest corner. The Northeastern two-thirds of WA are too hot to support quality viticulture.
The northwest corner is the hottest area of Australia as a whole, with summer temperatures surpassing even those of the country's famous semi-desert "Red Centre". By contrast, the Climate of the southwest WA is relatively cool, tempered by the presence of the Indian Ocean to the west and the Antarctic Ocean to the south and east.
Although it rivals the Hunter Valley in terms of low latitude (lying at 33 degrees South), the climate around the state's southwest cape is more akin to that of Bordeaux, and the most successful Grape varieties here reflect this.
It is no coincidence, that many winemakers from this area aim for a more European wine style than their counterparts further north – or those from New South Wales and South Australia. Margaret River in particular, is renowned for its more-balanced, Elegant wines, which contrast with the Powerful, fruit-driven wines of the regions further east.
Geographically, the wine regions of Western Australia can be split into roughly three groups: those around the state capital, Perth (the Swan Valley, the Perth Hills and Peel); those along the south coast (from Pemberton in the west to Albany in the east); and those around the southern end of Geographe Bay (Margaret River and Geographe).
How Winery Willespie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of roast pork with milk, sun burger or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Willespie. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Willespie. is a powerful.
The white Verdelho is a grape variety that originated in Portugal. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of medium size. The white Verdelho can be found cultivated in these vineyards: Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, South West.
How Winery Willespie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Odour and taste characteristic of certain wines that have undergone oxidative maturation, i.e. in contact with oxygen (vin jaune du Jura, dry rancio du Roussillon, maury, banyuls, rivesaltes, etc.).
Planning a wine route in the of South West Australia? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Willespie.
Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
