The Winery Eagle's Cliff of Western Cape

Winery Eagle's Cliff
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 7470 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Eagle's Cliff is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Eagle's Cliff wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Eagle's Cliff

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Eagle's Cliff

How Winery Eagle's Cliff wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue in hot sauce, risotto of penne with chorizo and merguez or rabbit with mustard, thyme and cream.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Eagle's Cliff

On the nose the red wine of Winery Eagle's Cliff. often reveals types of flavors of oak, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Eagle's Cliff. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Eagle's Cliff

  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.44/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.37/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.36/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Eagle's Cliff.

  • Pinotage
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah

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 Eagle's Cliff

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Eagle's Cliff

How Winery Eagle's Cliff wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of spaghetti with clams, colombian lentils or fish casserole with small vegetables, chives and paprika.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Eagle's Cliff

On the nose the white wine of Winery Eagle's Cliff. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Eagle's Cliff. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Eagle's Cliff

  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Eagle's Cliff.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Round and fleshy reds with a velvety texture, showing aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, cocoa and truffle notes with age. Supple tannins, generous alcohol, indulgent finish. Pillar of Libournais (Pomerol with Pétrus, Saint-Émilion with Cheval Blanc and Ausone) and signature of Super Tuscans, Italian Wales and Washington State. A cross of Cabernet Franc × Magdeleine Noire, France's most planted red variety.

The top pink wines of Winery Eagle's Cliff

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Eagle's Cliff

How Winery Eagle's Cliff wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of oxtail with seed sauce, marinated leg of lamb with herbs or red wine fondue.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Eagle's Cliff

  • 0With an average score of 2.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Eagle's Cliff.

  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Assembly

Blending of several wines to obtain a single batch. Using wines of the same origin, blending is very different from coupage - a mixture of wines from different origins - which has a pejorative connotation.

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Discover the grape variety: Pinotage

Intensely coloured, structured reds with inky robe and firm tannins, with typical aromas of blackberry, black plum, roasted coffee, cocoa, banana and characteristic smoky notes. Made as powerful ageing reds and as more approachable fruity cuvées, sometimes as rosés. Absolute signature of South Africa (Stellenbosch, Swartland, Paarl). Cross of pinot noir × cinsault created in 1925 by Abraham Perold at Stellenbosch University.