The Winery Leaping Hound of Western Cape

Winery Leaping Hound
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Leaping Hound is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Leaping Hound wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Leaping Hound

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Leaping Hound

How Winery Leaping Hound wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of sauté of veal with olives (corsica), duck breast and roasted peaches or sautéed squid with parsley.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Leaping Hound

On the nose the white wine of Winery Leaping Hound. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Leaping Hound

  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Viognier

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 red wines of Winery Leaping Hound

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Leaping Hound

How Winery Leaping Hound wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Leaping Hound

On the nose the red wine of Winery Leaping Hound. often reveals types of flavors of oak, spices or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Leaping Hound

  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Cinsault

Discover the grape variety: Cinsault

Cinsaut noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). 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 large bunches and large grapes. Cinsaut noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Leaping Hound

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 Leaping Hound.

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Leaping Hound and wines from the region

Canada’s Okanagan Valley approves six new sub-appellations

Canada’s western province of British Columbia (BC), has approved six new sub-appellations for its most famous wine-growing region of Okanagan Valley. The Okanagan Valley is BC’s largest appellation – called Geographical Indications (GIs) in Canada. And from a standing start in 2015, it now has 11 sub-GIs following the recent ratification. The six new sub-GIs are: Summerland Valleys, Summerland Lakefront, Summerland Bench, East Kelowna Slopes, South Kelowna Slopes and Lake Country. They are now l ...

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 ...

Cape Mentelle winery to be acquired by Endeavour Group

Endeavour Group announced it has signed an agreement with Moët Hennessy, the wine and spirits arm of French luxury goods giant LVMH, to acquire Cape Mentelle. A fee wasn’t disclosed. Completion of the deal will take place ‘in due course’, pending licensing approval, said Endeavour, a leading retail and hospitality group that has alcohol retailer Dan Murphy’s and several other wine brands in its portfolio. Cape Mentelle was founded in 1970 and the deal heralds an ownership change for a pioneer of ...

The word of the wine: Draft liquor

Liqueur composed of sugar dissolved in wine, used for the dosage of sparkling wines made by the traditional method. It is also known as "liqueur d'expédition" or "liqueur de dosage".