The Winery Yardstick of Elgin of Western Cape

Winery Yardstick
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 41 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Elgin in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Yardstick is one of the world's great estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Elgin to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Yardstick wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Yardstick

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Yardstick

How Winery Yardstick wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of tagliatelle with carbonara, salmon steaks with lentils or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Yardstick

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Yardstick

  • 2015With an average score of 4.18/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Muscat de Frontignan
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sémillon

Discovering the wine region of Elgin

The wine region of Elgin is located in the region of Cape South Coast of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Paul Cluver or the Domaine Matthew Van Heerden produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Elgin are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Elgin often reveals types of flavors of cream, stone fruit or cheese and sometimes also flavors of quince, beeswax or citrus zest.

In the mouth of Elgin is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 75 estates and châteaux in the of Elgin, producing 336 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Elgin go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian.

The top red wines of Winery Yardstick

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Yardstick

How Winery Yardstick wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of wild boar stew in burgundy style, stuffed veal breast or rabbit with cider and prunes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Yardstick

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Yardstick

  • 2015With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cinsault

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Yardstick

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Yardstick

How Winery Yardstick wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Yardstick

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Yardstick. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Yardstick

  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Yardstick.

  • Pinot Meunier

The word of the wine: Botrytis

Fungus that causes grape rot.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Yardstick

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

Discover the grape variety: muscat

White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.

News about Winery Yardstick and wines from the region

Food and Chablis wines pairing, by Debra MEIBURG and Ivy NG

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In this 4-minute clip, Debra MEIBURG and Ivy NG illustrate how easily Chablis wines complement all kinds of food, all the way from cheese to caviar! #Chablis #PureChablis ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Charnay-les-Mâcon

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Charnay-les-Mâcon, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bo ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Pierreclos

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Pierreclos, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

The word of the wine: Botrytis

Fungus that causes grape rot.