The Winery Cape Grace is one of the best wineries to follow in South West Australia.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of South West Australia to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Cape Grace wines in South West Australia among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Cape Grace 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 Grace wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Cape Grace wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of family potluck, lamb tagine with onions, purple olives and lemons... or traditional buckwheat pancake dough.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Cape Grace. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Cape Grace. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Western Australia is the largest of the eight administrative zones and territories of Australia. In 2020, it represented just two percent of the national wine production, but has previosly occupied up to 20 percent of the nation's fine wines.
Covering the entire western third of the vast island continent, "WA" (as it is commonly called) spans 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) from east to west. This makes it the second-largest administrative subdivision of any country in the world – bigger than Alaska and Texas combined.
Western Australia
The giant flag at Voyager Estate, Margaret River
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The Western Australian wine regions are clustered in the state's cooler, coastal, Southwest corner. The Northeastern two-thirds of WA are too hot to support quality viticulture.
The northwest corner is the hottest area of Australia as a whole, with summer temperatures surpassing even those of the country's famous semi-desert "Red Centre". By contrast, the Climate of the southwest WA is relatively cool, tempered by the presence of the Indian Ocean to the west and the Antarctic Ocean to the south and east.
Although it rivals the Hunter Valley in terms of low latitude (lying at 33 degrees South), the climate around the state's southwest cape is more akin to that of Bordeaux, and the most successful Grape varieties here reflect this.
It is no coincidence, that many winemakers from this area aim for a more European wine style than their counterparts further north – or those from New South Wales and South Australia. Margaret River in particular, is renowned for its more-balanced, Elegant wines, which contrast with the Powerful, fruit-driven wines of the regions further east.
Geographically, the wine regions of Western Australia can be split into roughly three groups: those around the state capital, Perth (the Swan Valley, the Perth Hills and Peel); those along the south coast (from Pemberton in the west to Albany in the east); and those around the southern end of Geographe Bay (Margaret River and Geographe).
How Winery Cape Grace wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of pasta with vongoles (flat clams), exotic fish gratin with three purées or rice with milk.
On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Cape Grace. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, tropical fruit.
Sémillon blanc 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. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
How Winery Cape Grace wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of roast pork with mustard and honey, italian tabbouleh or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Cape Grace. 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 Cape Grace. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Characteristic of fleshy and consistent wines giving the impression of being chewed.
How Winery Cape Grace wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of blanquette of the sea, aïoli or yoghurt cake.
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.
How Winery Cape Grace wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of spaghetti with beef balls, ghormeh sabzi (iranian herbed lamb stew) or pasta "carbonara" à la française.
Said of a wine rich in alcohol, but in which the mellowness dominates.
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Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
