The Winery Cape Heights of Western Cape

Winery Cape Heights - Merlot
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
This estate is part of the Boutinot.
It is ranked in the top 4207 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Cape Heights is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Cape Heights wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Cape Heights

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Cape Heights

How Winery Cape Heights wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of baked lasagna, lamb kleftiko (greek) or veal blanquette à l'ancienne.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Cape Heights

On the nose the red wine of Winery Cape Heights. often reveals types of flavors of chocolate, cheese or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, non oak or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Cape Heights. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Cape Heights

  • 2017With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.47/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.39/5
  • 1992With an average score of 3.36/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.36/5

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

  • Pinotage
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah

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 Cape Heights

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Cape Heights

How Winery Cape Heights wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of pan-fried black pudding with apples, tomato pie without tomato... or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Cape Heights

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Cape Heights

  • 2013With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 1992With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.43/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.33/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Viognier

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Cape Heights

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Cape Heights

How Winery Cape Heights wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of beef fashion, rabbit socks in gibelotte or parmesan cream brûlée.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Cape Heights

  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Cinsault
  • Pinotage
  • Grenache

The word of the wine: Hairy

A sensual and complete wine that leaves a sensation of balance and fullness in the mouth.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Cape Heights

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 Cape Heights.

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Cape Heights and wines from the region

Nomad winemaker: Why I make wine in Spain

When I started my nomadic winemaking project, in 2018 at Niepoort Vinhos in Portugal’s Douro region, I had no idea how large a part Spain would go on to play – I certainly never intended to make it the locus of my project. So how did it happen? Yes, there was an element of chance and taking opportunities where they arose. But also, among the talented winemakers to whom I pitched collaborations, I sensed an openness and a readiness to collaborate which seemed particular to Spain. Held in June las ...

Canada’s Okanagan Valley approves six new sub-appellations

Canada’s western province of British Columbia (BC), has approved six new sub-appellations for its most famous wine-growing region of Okanagan Valley. The Okanagan Valley is BC’s largest appellation – called Geographical Indications (GIs) in Canada. And from a standing start in 2015, it now has 11 sub-GIs following the recent ratification. The six new sub-GIs are: Summerland Valleys, Summerland Lakefront, Summerland Bench, East Kelowna Slopes, South Kelowna Slopes and Lake Country. They are now l ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Hairy

A sensual and complete wine that leaves a sensation of balance and fullness in the mouth.