The best wines of Northern Cape

Discover the best wines of Northern Cape as well as the best winemakers of Northern Cape and estates of Northern Cape to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Northern Cape and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Northern Cape by region

Looking for a good wine of Northern Cape among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Northern Cape. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Northern Cape with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Northern Cape

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Want to buy a red wine of Northern Cape cheap or sell a red wine of Northern Cape at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Northern Cape

Red wines from the region of Northern Cape go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew express, languedoc-roussillon lamb en papillote and its tajine with... or rabbit on the barbecue.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Northern Cape

On the nose the red wine of the region of Northern Cape. often reveals types of flavors of oak, earth or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Northern Cape. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in red wine of Northern Cape

  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.61/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Northern Cape

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinotage
  • Merlot
  • Sangiovese

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Northern Cape

A wine route planned in the region of Northern Cape? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Northern Cape.

    Discovering the wine region of Northern Cape

    The wine region of Northern Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Orange River Cellars or the Domaine Broad Valley produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Northern Cape are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Pinot noir and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Northern Cape often reveals types of flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, red fruit or vegetal.

    In the mouth of Northern Cape is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 7 estates and châteaux in the of Northern Cape, producing 19 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Northern Cape go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

    Great white wines of Northern Cape

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    Want to buy a white wine of Northern Cape cheap or sell a white wine of Northern Cape at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

    Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Northern Cape

    White wines from the region of Northern Cape go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of slivers of squid with tomato, quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or goat cheese and bacon quiche.

    Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Northern Cape

    On the nose the white wine of the region of Northern Cape. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or non oak. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Northern Cape. is a with a nice freshness.

    The best vintages in white wine of Northern Cape

    • 2017With an average score of 3.88/5
    • 2018With an average score of 3.84/5
    • 2020With an average score of 3.70/5
    • 2019With an average score of 3.63/5
    • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
    • 2015With an average score of 3.45/5

    The most used grape varieties in white wine of Northern Cape

    • Sauvignon Blanc
    • Colombard
    • Chardonnay
    • Chenin Blanc
    • Viognier

    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.

    Great sparkling wines of Northern Cape

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    Want to buy a sparkling wine of Northern Cape cheap or sell a sparkling wine of Northern Cape at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

    Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Northern Cape

    Sparkling wines from the region of Northern Cape go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef luc lake, thiebou yappe from senegal (rice with lamb) or rabbit with goat cheese and mint.

    The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Northern Cape

    • Cabernet Sauvignon
    • Merlot
    • Shiraz/Syrah
    • Grenache
    • Mourvedre

    The word of the wine: Tiled

    Said of the colour of an evolved wine that has taken on brick and orange hues.

    Great sweet wines of Northern Cape

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    Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Northern Cape

    Sweet wines from the region of Northern Cape go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of mussels with beer, traditional hungarian goulash or breaded fish (whiting).

    Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Northern Cape

    On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Northern Cape. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit, earth or tree fruit.

    The best vintages in sweet wine of Northern Cape

    • 2015With an average score of 4.06/5
    • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5
    • 2013With an average score of 3.30/5
    • 2017With an average score of 3.30/5

    The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Northern Cape

    • Ruby Cabernet
    • Shiraz/Syrah
    • Muscatel
    • Chenin Blanc
    • Muscat Blanc
    • Chardonnay

    The word of the wine: Peduncle

    The stem of a flower or fruit.

    Great natural sweet wines of Northern Cape

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    Want to buy a natural-sweet wine of Northern Cape cheap or sell a natural-sweet wine of Northern Cape at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

    Food and wine pairing with a natural-sweet wine of Northern Cape

    Natural sweet wines from the region of Northern Cape go well with generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of chicken curry and onions or king's cake with frangipane.

    Organoleptic analysis of natural-sweet wine of Northern Cape

    On the nose the natural sweet wine of the region of Northern Cape. often reveals types of flavors of dried fruit.

    The most used grape varieties in natural-sweet wine of Northern Cape

    • Muscatel
    • Muscat of Alexandria

    Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

    Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

    News from the vineyard of Northern Cape

    Wartime Cognac

    The French shipment of 600 bottles of De Haartman & Co Cognac – plus 15 boxes of Bénédictine liqueur – is believed to have been destined for Tsar Nicholas II, but was intercepted in the Baltic Sea and sunk by a German submarine in May 1917. Now Cognac house Birkedal Hartmann has refilled 300 of the recovered bottles with Cognac dating from the early 1900s, using packaging identical to the original, and is selling them for €9,000 each. The wreck of the SS Kyros was discovered by Swedish explo ...

    Champagne 2022 harvest: yield set is highest in over a decade

    This is the highest level set since the 2008 vintage, and comes off the back of continued sales growth of Champagne around the world. It is in stark contrast to the 2020 vintage, which was set at 8,000kg per hectare, one of the lowest yields set in recent years, following both drought and a vast drop in consumer demand during the pandemic, which saw sales drop by 18%. In 2021, Champagne experienced one of its most difficult growing seasons for many years, with frost, hail, rain and disease wreak ...

    The Macallan launches 81-year-old whisky

    The spirit was filled into a single ex-Sherry cask at the Speyside distillery in 1940, shortly before The Second World War forced The Macallan to close for the first time in its history. Bottled at 41.6% abv, only 288 decanters are available worldwide, featuring eye-catching packaging: a mouth-blown glass decanter sitting on a bronze sculpture of three hands, created by Scottish artist Saskia Robinson. The hands represent the distillery workers of 1940 who made the whisky; former Macallan chairm ...