The La Cave of Western Cape

La Cave
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 759 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The La Cave is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top La Cave wines

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

The top red wines of La Cave

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of La Cave

How La Cave wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of meat and goat pie, lamb chops with lemon and herbs or clafoutis with bush and courgettes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of La Cave

On the nose the red wine of La Cave. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of La Cave. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of La Cave

  • 2019With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of La Cave.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Pinotage
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

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 La Cave

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of La Cave

How La Cave wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of arroz de marisco, saka-saka or saka-saka.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of La Cave

On the nose the white wine of La Cave. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of La Cave. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of La Cave

  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of La Cave.

  • Chenin Blanc

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!).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the La Cave

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 La Cave.

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 La Cave and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Prissé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Prissé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Théo et Hugo Merlin

Théo and Paul Merlin are winegrowers at the Domaine Merlin, they emphasizes the characteristics of the appellation Mâcon La Roche Vineuse. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogn ...

The Mâcon plus appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the appellation Mâcon plus geographical denomination . The tectonics and the very different nature of the rocks that make up the subsoil of this region explain the great variety of soils found in this part fo Bourgogne. It also explains why each wine offers a different personnality. This vid ...

The word of the wine: ODG

Organisation for the defence and management of wine, set up following the reform of the "syndicats de crus". The ODG is the collective organisation responsible for the defence and management of a product under an official sign of identification and quality and between wine appellations.