The Winery Eikendal of Western Cape

Winery Eikendal - Charisma
The winery offers 37 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 607 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Eikendal is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 37 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Eikendal wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Eikendal

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Eikendal

How Winery Eikendal wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of cornish pasties, thomas's shoulder of lamb or deer stew.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Eikendal

On the nose the red wine of Winery Eikendal. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, floral or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Eikendal. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Eikendal

  • 2005With an average score of 4.90/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2003With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinotage

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 Eikendal

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Eikendal

How Winery Eikendal wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of andouillette and baked potato gratin, sea bream in foil on the barbecue or summer tuna quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Eikendal

On the nose the white wine of Winery Eikendal. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, non oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of chard, tropical fruit or floral. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Eikendal. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Eikendal

  • 1981With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.79/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Eikendal

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Eikendal

How Winery Eikendal wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of burger roll, boar in civet or endive and beetroot salad with lemon cream.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Eikendal

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Eikendal. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Eikendal

  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

The word of the wine: Millerandage

Poor fertilization of some grapes at the time of flowering in cold or rainy weather. Milled grapes do not grow and usually do not contain seeds.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Eikendal

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Eikendal

How Winery Eikendal wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche, cod rougail or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Eikendal

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Eikendal. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Eikendal

  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Eikendal.

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Pinotage

An intraspecific cross between pinot noir and cinsaut called hermitage, obtained in South Africa in 1925 by Professor Abraham Izak Perold. Since then, it has been propagated in Africa, New Zealand, Australia, the United States (California), Canada, Brazil, Israel, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties on the A1 list. - Synonymy: none to date (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).

The top sweet wines of Winery Eikendal

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Eikendal

How Winery Eikendal wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of flambéed prawns, julienne fillets in coconut milk or seafood stew.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Eikendal.

  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Trader-breeder

In the major wine regions, the négociant does not simply buy and resell the wines but, from very young wines, carries out all the maturing operations until bottling.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Eikendal

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 Eikendal.

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.

News about Winery Eikendal and wines from the region

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 ...

Old Vine Charter: Perth’s Swan Valley to preserve historic vines

Old vines from Western Australia’s Swan Valley will be protected in the soon-to-be launched Swan Valley Old Vine Charter (OVC). More than 20 wineries from this historic region, a 30-minute drive from the state capital of Perth, are participating. The programme will see grapevines from 35 to 125 years of age registered and preserved. Participating wineries include Talijancich Wines, Nikola Estate, John Kosovich Wines, Mandoon Estate and Sandalford Wines. While the vines are predominantly Shiraz, ...

Couple arrested in Croatia over €1.6m wine heist

A man and woman carried out the ‘meticulously planned’ theft at the Atrio hotel and restaurant in western Spain back in October. They made off with a bottle of 1806 Château D’Yquem and a large haul of Domaine de la Romanée Conti after breaking into Atrio’s famous cellar. That sparked a nine-month international manhunt. Police in Spain teamed up with Interpol and Europol, plus authorities in Romania and the Netherlands, to track a pair of suspects down. They eventually swooped on a 29-year-old Me ...

The word of the wine: Millerandage

Poor fertilization of some grapes at the time of flowering in cold or rainy weather. Milled grapes do not grow and usually do not contain seeds.