The Winery Arabella of Western Cape

Winery Arabella - Shiraz
The winery offers 19 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 1413 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Arabella is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Arabella wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Arabella

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Arabella

How Winery Arabella wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of braciola (southern italy), lamb collar with mustard or home-made cassoulet.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Arabella

On the nose the red wine of Winery Arabella. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, microbio or white pepper and sometimes also flavors of caramel, cheese or dark fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Arabella. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Arabella

  • 2010With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.59/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Pinotage
  • Grenache
  • Petit Verdot

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 Arabella

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Arabella

How Winery Arabella wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of pork roll with tomato sauce, baked salmon with tomato or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Arabella

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Arabella

  • 2020With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.35/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

The top pink wines of Winery Arabella

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Arabella

How Winery Arabella wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of monkfish (anglerfish) à la sétoise, lamb collar with mustard or island grouper.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Arabella

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Arabella. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Arabella

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

The word of the wine: Saignée (rosé de)

Rosé wine made from a vat of black grapes after a short maceration period.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Arabella

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Arabella

How Winery Arabella wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of rabbit socks in gibelotte, codfish aioli or goat cheese and bacon quiche.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Arabella

  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Arabella.

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Arabella

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

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Arabella and wines from the region

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Ukraine winery’s mission to deliver bottles to DWWA

Amid the devastation and turmoil since Russia’s invasion on 24 February, Beykush winery on southern Ukraine’s Black Sea Coast has been among those attempting to continue operations as much as possible. Last week, Beykush began transporting thousands of wines to western Ukraine in order to protect them for possible export to other markets, winery director Svetlana Tsybak told Decanter. ‘Yesterday we sent three palettes, about 1,200 bottles, and today the same quantity,’ she said. She also s ...

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: Saignée (rosé de)

Rosé wine made from a vat of black grapes after a short maceration period.