The Winery Lion's Land of Western Cape

Winery Lion's Land - Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 5225 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Lion's Land is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Lion's Land wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Lion's Land

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Lion's Land

How Winery Lion's Land wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of monkfish tagine, navarin of lamb or rabbit à la lorientaise.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Lion's Land

On the nose the red wine of Winery Lion's Land. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Lion's Land. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Lion's Land

  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.32/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Lion's Land.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Pinotage
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cinsaut

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 Lion's Land

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Lion's Land

How Winery Lion's Land wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of roast pork with mustard and honey, civet of wild boar or light salmon steaks and.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Lion's Land

On the nose the white wine of Winery Lion's Land. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Lion's Land

  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Lion's Land.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Colombard

Discover the grape variety: Colombard

Colombard is one of the oldest grape varieties in the Charentes. This golden white grape variety is a cross between Chenin and Gouais. The young leaves of colombard are yellow with bronze patches. The adult leaves may be three-lobed or whole, depending on the variety. Its branches are cottony. The bunches of this variety are thick and cylindrical. Its elliptical berries are medium-sized. They change color until they ripen, ranging from greenish white to golden yellow. Colombard is associated with an average budding. It is particularly susceptible to leafhoppers, grape worms, mites, mildew, powdery mildew and gray mold. It is also sensitive to water stress, but is not very sensitive to wind. It ripens late in the second half of the year. There are a dozen approved clones of Colombard, the best known of which are 608, 607 and 606. This variety produces a full-bodied, fine white wine. Aromas of lime, nectarine, boxwood, citrus and exotic fruits are released.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Lion's Land

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 Lion's Land.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Lion's Land and wines from the region

Decanter’s Regional Editors pick out their top wines for Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

In the first part of this series, see the wines that the Decanter editorial team is most excited about tasting at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Amy Wislocki – Decanter Magazine Editor Cape Landing Blackwood Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River 2019 At the end of every year at Decanter, we organise a ‘Wines of the Year‘ tasting. We ask our key contributors and editorial staff to pick out the wines that most impressed them during the year just gon ...

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 ...

Cape Winemakers Guild 2022 auction: all the lots to bid on

The 38th annual Cape Winemakers Guild Auction is back on home soil in South Africa this year. Auction house Strauss & Co will host the sale, sponsored by Nedbank, live and online from 5pm to 8pm on Friday 30 September and 9am to 3pm on Saturday 1 October. Bidders can attend the auction in person at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West, bid by telephone, or online. They can also leave a commission bid in advance of the sale. Bonhams auction house held the auction in London in 2020 and 2021 ...

The word of the wine: Acidity

When present without excess, acidity contributes to the balance of the wine, giving it freshness and nervousness. But when it is very high, it becomes a defect, giving it a biting and green character. On the other hand, if it is insufficient, the wine is soft.