Winery BoutinotThe Tea Leaf Chenin Blanc
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with lean fish, shellfish or mild and soft cheese.
Taste structure of the The Tea Leaf Chenin Blanc from the Winery Boutinot
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the The Tea Leaf Chenin Blanc of Winery Boutinot in the region of Western Cape is a with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the The Tea Leaf Chenin Blanc of Winery Boutinot in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with The Tea Leaf Chenin Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with The Tea Leaf Chenin Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with The Tea Leaf Chenin Blanc
The The Tea Leaf Chenin Blanc of Winery Boutinot matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of cuttlefish rust from my grandmother in sète, provencal bourride or fillets of sole a la dieppoise.
Details and technical informations about Winery Boutinot's The Tea Leaf Chenin Blanc.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of The Tea Leaf Chenin Blanc from Winery Boutinot are 2019, 2015, 2014, 2017 and 2016.
Informations about the Winery Boutinot
The Winery Boutinot is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Liquid
Sweet wine containing more than 50 grams of residual sugar per liter. Sweet wines are made from grapes often affected by botrytis cinerea and concentrated either by passerillage (drying of the grapes on the vine stock), or after the harvest (straw wines), or by the cold (ice wines).
