The Winery Lieben of Hemel-en-Aarde Valley of Western Cape | Winedexer

Winery Lieben
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 16 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Hemel-en-Aarde Valley in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Lieben is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Hemel-en-Aarde Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Lieben wines

Looking for the best Winery Lieben wines in Hemel-en-Aarde Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Lieben 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 Lieben wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Lieben

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Lieben

How Winery Lieben wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of adapted vietnamese fondue, rack of lamb with antiboise sauce or rabbit with mustard in a casserole.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Lieben

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Lieben

  • 2017With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Hemel-en-Aarde Valley

Ward of the Western Cape ("Heaven and Earth" in Dutch) near Hermanus: Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are the signature wines with a restrained Burgundian profile. Chardonnay with vibrant acidity and clear minerality — citrus, apple and pear rather than tropical. Spicy and savoury Pinot Noir with cherries, raspberries and earthy notes. Atlantic breezes cooled by the Benguela current, latitude 34°S, Bokkeveld shale soils.

Twenty family estates, emerging global classic reputation.

The top white wines of Winery Lieben

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Lieben

How Winery Lieben wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of simmered pork cheeks with cream sauce and dijon mustard, leek and fresh salmon tart or quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Lieben

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Lieben

  • 2018With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Roussanne

Discover the grape variety: Roussanne

Aromatic and elegant whites, rich yet lifted by fine freshness, with hawthorn, honeysuckle, apricot, pear, honey, green tea, mineral and herbal notes. Fine ageing potential. Key variety in the great whites of the northern Rhône (Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Saint-Péray) blended with marsanne, and one of the 13 permitted grapes at Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Native Rhône variety.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Lieben

Planning a wine route in the of Hemel-en-Aarde Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Lieben.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.