The Winery Arra of Stellenbosch of Western Cape

Winery Arra
The winery offers 25 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 693 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Arra is one of the best wineries to follow in Stellenbosch.. It offers 25 wines for sale in of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Arra wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Arra

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Arra

How Winery Arra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of ramen burger, marielle's lamb and eggplant parmentier or simple chicken curry.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Arra

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Arra

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Mourvedre
  • Merlot
  • Pinotage
  • Carignan

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 Arra

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Arra

How Winery Arra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of small stuffed fish from nice, lamb stew with yoghurt and coriander or garantita or karantita (algerian recipe).

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Arra

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Arra. often reveals types of flavors of earth, citrus fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Arra

  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah

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 sweet wines of Winery Arra

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Arra

How Winery Arra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of pork roll with tomato sauce, stuffed rabbit in the oven or blanquette of monkfish and scallops.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Arra.

  • Viognier

The word of the wine: Rancio

Odour and taste characteristic of certain wines that have undergone oxidative maturation, i.e. in contact with oxygen (vin jaune du Jura, dry rancio du Roussillon, maury, banyuls, rivesaltes, etc.).

The top white wines of Winery Arra

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Arra

How Winery Arra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of chicken bonne femme, salmon in bellevue or indian style coral lentils.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Arra

On the nose the white wine of Winery Arra. 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 Arra. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Arra

  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 2.90/5

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

  • Viognier

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 Arra

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 Arra.

Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.