The Winery Cape Bay is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Cape Bay wines in Western Cape among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Cape Bay 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 Cape Bay wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Cape Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of stuffed beef rolls, sweet and sour braised leg of lamb or basque chicken.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Cape Bay. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Cape Bay. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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.
How Winery Cape Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of chili con carne, lamb tagine with dried fruits and herbs or julienne fillets in coconut milk.
The douce noire, as its name indicates, is a black grape variety. It originated in the region between the valleys of the Isère and Saône rivers. Often in autumn, its foliage takes on a red hue. The bunches of the black sweet are larger than average. They are compact and winged. Spherical, its berries are of normal size. The flesh is juicy, soft and sweet. Although it is on the verge of extinction, this variety is still present in some Jura vineyards. Some call it corbeau, especially in Savoie, but it has other names such as gros noir, plant de Calarin and pecot. The sweet black is associated with an average budding and a late first ripening. Hardy and vigorous, it adapts to poorly irrigated soils. This variety produces a wine with low alcohol content, flat, soft and without much finesse. It should be consumed within the year. Sweet black is generally grown with Persian. It must be associated with other grape varieties to be better. Nowadays, this variety is not multiplied at all.
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