The Winery Kalk Bay of Cape Town of Western Cape

Winery Kalk Bay - The Lightsman
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Western Cape.
It is located in Cape Town in the region of Western Cape
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The Winery Kalk Bay is one of the best wineries to follow in Cape Town.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Cape Town to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Kalk Bay wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Kalk Bay

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Kalk Bay

How Winery Kalk Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of kafta bil saniyeh (lebanese dish), oriental stuffed vegetables or cheese soufflé omelette.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Kalk Bay

  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 2.80/5

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

  • Malbec
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Cape Town

The wine region of Cape Town is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine De Grendel or the Domaine Durbanville Hills produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cape Town are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cape Town often reveals types of flavors of cherry, black fruit or microbio and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, floral or citrus fruit.

In the mouth of Cape Town is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 39 estates and châteaux in the of Cape Town, producing 114 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Cape Town go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top white wines of Winery Kalk Bay

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Kalk Bay

How Winery Kalk Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of seafood risotto, phad thai (thai style fried noodles) or quick and easy baked fish.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Kalk Bay

On the nose the white wine of Winery Kalk Bay. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Kalk Bay

  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • 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 Kalk Bay

Planning a wine route in the of Cape Town? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Kalk Bay.

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 Kalk Bay and wines from the region

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Onwards, upwards. The roads get narrower, the corners get tighter. I step out of the car when I finally reach the winery and the air is so much fresher here. I go to take a sip from my water bottle and a gust of wind makes it whistle. I stand with Thomas Jullien and we look over the vineyards. It’s not yet spring, and the vines look little more than sticks. ‘It’s a lunar landscape at the moment,’ he says, as a friend’s flock of 300 sheep has just passed through to graze on every scrap of green b ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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The word of the wine: Light (taste of)

Taste close to oxidation, characteristic of champagnes altered by prolonged exposure to light.

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