The Winery Sylvan Vale of Stellenbosch of Western Cape

Winery Sylvan Vale
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 2548 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Sylvan Vale is one of the best wineries to follow in Stellenbosch.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Sylvan Vale wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Sylvan Vale

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Sylvan Vale

How Winery Sylvan Vale wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of chinese fried shrimp ravioli, grilled swordfish slice with herbs or rice with milk.

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

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Colombard
  • Hanepoot
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Stellenbosch

The wine region of Stellenbosch is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. We currently count 582 estates and châteaux in the of Stellenbosch, producing 3443 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Stellenbosch go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top pink wines of Winery Sylvan Vale

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Sylvan Vale

How Winery Sylvan Vale wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of chinese noodles with beef, lamb tagine with vegetables and preserved lemons or chicken tagine with olives and potatoes.

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

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 red wines of Winery Sylvan Vale

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Sylvan Vale

How Winery Sylvan Vale wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of fondue vigneronne au vin rouge, venison stew to be prepared the day before or chicken liver cake.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Sylvan Vale

On the nose the red wine of Winery Sylvan Vale. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Sylvan Vale

  • 2006With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Pinotage

The word of the wine: Mutage

The act of adding alcohol to a fresh grape must or to a fermenting must.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Sylvan Vale

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

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

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.

News about Winery Sylvan Vale and wines from the region

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 ...

Grands Chais de France purchases historic Stellenbosch winery

The Alsace-based group is France’s biggest wine exporter and the biggest private winemaker in the country, with 68 properties spread across the country. It is also the largest exporter of French wine, accounting for around one in every six bottles sold in international markets, with brands including Calvet and J.P. Chenet. The company, whose full name is Les Grands Chais de France, recently shifted its strategy in a bid to become a global wine producer with estates in a variety of premium wine r ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Mutage

The act of adding alcohol to a fresh grape must or to a fermenting must.