The Winery African Rock Selection of Western Cape

Winery African Rock Selection - Cabernet Sauvignon - Pinotage
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.2.
It is ranked in the top 5520 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery African Rock Selection is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery African Rock Selection wines

Looking for the best Winery African Rock Selection wines in Western Cape among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery African Rock Selection 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 African Rock Selection wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery African Rock Selection

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery African Rock Selection

How Winery African Rock Selection wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of roasted fillet of beef with parsley, fillet of venison or butter chicken or chicken makkhani (india).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery African Rock Selection

On the nose the red wine of Winery African Rock Selection. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cheese or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, red fruit or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery African Rock Selection. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery African Rock Selection

  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.32/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.28/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.23/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.17/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery African Rock Selection.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinotage
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering 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 Western Cape's Elegant, ageworthy Cabernet Sauvignon wines and Bordeaux Blends were at the vanguard as exports recommenced in the mid-1990s, while Burgundy-style Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Walker Bay are gaining global acclaim, and cool-climate style Sauvignon Blanc from Darling and Overberg is rivaling that made in any other New World country. The Western Cape's wine regions stretch 300 kilomers (185 miles) from Cape Town to the Mouth of the Olifants River in the North, and 360km (220 miles) to Mossel Bay in the east. Areas under Vine are rarely more than 160km (100 miles) from the coast. Further inland, the influence of the semi-arid Great Karoo Desert takes over.

The climate can be cool and rainy (as in Cape Point and Walker Bay) but is more often than not Mediterranean in nature. The Western Cape is littered with spectacular mountain ranges that form the Cape Fold belt. These are extremely important for viticulture across the whole region, contributing soils and mesoclimates ideal for the production of premium wines. Of particular importance are the Boland Mountains, which form the eastern border of the Coastal Region, and the Langeberg range, which separates the Breede River Valley from the Klein Karoo semi-desert.

The top white wines of Winery African Rock Selection

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery African Rock Selection

How Winery African Rock Selection wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of guinea fowl with cabbage, salmon blanquette or salmon and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery African Rock Selection

On the nose the white wine of Winery African Rock Selection. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, vegetal or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery African Rock Selection. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery African Rock Selection

  • 2017With an average score of 3.32/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.27/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.18/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.17/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery African Rock Selection.

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Pinotage

An intraspecific cross between pinot noir and cinsaut called hermitage, obtained in South Africa in 1925 by Professor Abraham Izak Perold. Since then, it has been propagated in Africa, New Zealand, Australia, the United States (California), Canada, Brazil, Israel, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties on the A1 list. - Synonymy: none to date (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).

The top pink wines of Winery African Rock Selection

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery African Rock Selection

How Winery African Rock Selection wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of paella valenciana (without seafood) or traditional buckwheat pancake dough.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery African Rock Selection.

  • Pinotage

The word of the wine: Dense

Rich and concentrated wine with tight tannins and a consistent body.

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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.

News about Winery African Rock Selection and wines from the region

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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 ...

The word of the wine: Dense

Rich and concentrated wine with tight tannins and a consistent body.