The Winery Catchpole & Co of Western Cape

Winery Catchpole & Co - El Caliz Malbec
The winery offers 22 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 2294 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Catchpole & Co is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 22 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Catchpole & Co wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Catchpole & Co

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Catchpole & Co

How Winery Catchpole & Co wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of stewed beef heart, lamb colombo or coconut chicken à la bellevilloise.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Catchpole & Co

On the nose the red wine of Winery Catchpole & Co. 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 Catchpole & Co. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Catchpole & Co

  • 2012With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Catchpole & Co.

  • Malbec
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • 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 Catchpole & Co

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Catchpole & Co

How Winery Catchpole & Co wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of small cuttlefish a la plancha, quiche without pastry or lasagna salmon goat cheese zucchini.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Catchpole & Co

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Catchpole & Co

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Catchpole & Co.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Catchpole & Co

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 Catchpole & Co.

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.

News about Winery Catchpole & Co and wines from the region

Cape Winemakers Guild 2022 auction: all the lots to bid on

The 38th annual Cape Winemakers Guild Auction is back on home soil in South Africa this year. Auction house Strauss & Co will host the sale, sponsored by Nedbank, live and online from 5pm to 8pm on Friday 30 September and 9am to 3pm on Saturday 1 October. Bidders can attend the auction in person at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West, bid by telephone, or online. They can also leave a commission bid in advance of the sale. Bonhams auction house held the auction in London in 2020 and 2021 ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

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: Acerbe

Acidic taste with a certain astringency reminiscent of unripe fruit.