The Winery Blue Owl of Western Cape

Winery Blue Owl - Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This estate is part of the Allée Bleue.
It is ranked in the top 4422 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Blue Owl is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Blue Owl wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Blue Owl

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Blue Owl

How Winery Blue Owl wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of venison stew to be prepared the day before, lamb tagine with apricots or chicken tagine with lemon confit (marrakech style).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Blue Owl

On the nose the red wine of Winery Blue Owl. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Blue Owl. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Blue Owl

  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.47/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

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 Blue Owl

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Blue Owl

How Winery Blue Owl wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of marinated mussels with maroilles, vegan leek and tofu quiche or croque-monsieur 3 cheeses.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Blue Owl

On the nose the white wine of Winery Blue Owl. often reveals types of flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Blue Owl. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Blue Owl

  • 2018With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 2017With an average score of 2.90/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

The top pink wines of Winery Blue Owl

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Blue Owl

How Winery Blue Owl wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of hungarian goulash, lamb tagine with preserved lemons and onion compote with... or chicken colombo (west indies).

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Presses

The juice that results from pressing the grapes after fermentation. At the end of the maceration, the vats are emptied, the first juice obtained is called the free-run wine and the marc remaining at the bottom of the vat is then pressed to give the press wine. We say more quickly "the presses". Their quality varies according to the vintage and the maceration. A too vigorous extraction releases the tannins of pips and the wine of press can then prove to be very astringent. Often the winemaker raises it separately, deciding later whether or not to incorporate it totally or partially into the grand vin.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Blue Owl

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 Blue Owl.

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 Blue Owl and wines from the region

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Ten years on: Chinese wine’s breakthrough moment at DWWA

The prestige attached to winning at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) means that being awarded a Bronze medal for some wineries will mean huge celebrations in China, Japan, India, or Thailand. Since the competition began in 2004, I have often reminded judges on my panel about this – whether they are journalists, sommeliers, educators, Masters of Wine or Master Sommeliers. Scroll down for new tasting notes and scores on Jia Bei Lan vintages: from the Chinese wine label that won big at DWWA 20 ...

More must-taste wines selected by Decanter’s Regional Editors for DFWE NYC

In the second part of this series, Decanter’s editorial team members highlight the wines they are looking forward to tasting at the upcoming Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Tina Gellie – Content Manager and Regional Editor (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa) Burrowing Owl, Cabernet Sauvignon, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada 2019 In 2016, while on a press trip to British Columbia’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys, I had the pleasur ...

The word of the wine: Presses

The juice that results from pressing the grapes after fermentation. At the end of the maceration, the vats are emptied, the first juice obtained is called the free-run wine and the marc remaining at the bottom of the vat is then pressed to give the press wine. We say more quickly "the presses". Their quality varies according to the vintage and the maceration. A too vigorous extraction releases the tannins of pips and the wine of press can then prove to be very astringent. Often the winemaker raises it separately, deciding later whether or not to incorporate it totally or partially into the grand vin.