The Winery Cape Root of Western Cape

Winery Cape Root
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 164 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Cape Root is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Cape Root wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Cape Root

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

How Winery Cape Root wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of autumn leaves, lamb shoulder cooked for 5 hours or cajun jumbalaya rice.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Cape Root

On the nose the red wine of Winery Cape Root. 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 Cape Root. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Cape Root

  • 2007With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinotage

Discovering the wine region of Western Cape

Cradle of South African wine. Signature Chenin Blanc (Steen, 20%) in ample, fresh whites with notes of quince, yellow apple, honey and acacia flower, from crisp dry to sweet. Sharp, iodised Sauvignon Blanc (Walker Bay, Constantia), balanced Chardonnay. Reds: emblematic Pinotage with roasted aromas (coffee, plum, smoke), firm Cabernet Sauvignon, spicy Syrah.

Fine Pinot Noir on the coast. Mediterranean climate cooled by the Cape Doctor, ~80% of the country's production.

The top white wines of Winery Cape Root

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

How Winery Cape Root wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of tartiflette (from a real savoyard), peppers stuffed with tuna and parmesan or vegan leek and tofu quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Cape Root

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Cape Root

  • 2016With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Muscat of Alexandria
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.

The top pink wines of Winery Cape Root

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

How Winery Cape Root wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Cape Root

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Cape Root. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Cape Root

  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Cinsaut

The word of the wine: Vintage (champagne)

It is a champagne made from a single harvest. In principle, we only vintage the great years: 1988, 1990, 1995, 1996... We find more often, now, the very good 2002, and the 2004, a little short.

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Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.