The Winery Live-a-Little of Western Cape

Winery Live-a-Little
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.
It is ranked in the top 8598 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Live-a-Little is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Live-a-Little wines

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

The top pink wines of Winery Live-a-Little

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Live-a-Little

How Winery Live-a-Little wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of rabbit stew the old fashioned way or christmas stuffed capon.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Live-a-Little

  • 2008With an average score of 2.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Live-a-Little.

  • Pinotage
  • Colombard

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 Live-a-Little

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Live-a-Little

How Winery Live-a-Little wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with mushrooms, lamb tagine with dried apricots or rabbit good woman.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Live-a-Little

On the nose the red wine of Winery Live-a-Little. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Live-a-Little. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Live-a-Little

  • 2013With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2008With an average score of 2.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 2.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Live-a-Little.

  • Shiraz/Syrah

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.

The top white wines of Winery Live-a-Little

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Live-a-Little

How Winery Live-a-Little wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of papillotes of simple salmon steaks, shrimps with curry and coconut milk or broccoli and blue cheese quiche without pastry.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Live-a-Little

On the nose the white wine of Winery Live-a-Little. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Live-a-Little

  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.00/5
  • 2008With an average score of 2.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Live-a-Little.

  • Colombard
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Ploussard

See poulsard.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Live-a-Little

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 Live-a-Little.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Winery Live-a-Little 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 ...

Decanter magazine latest issue: January 2023

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Old Vine Charter: Perth’s Swan Valley to preserve historic vines

Old vines from Western Australia’s Swan Valley will be protected in the soon-to-be launched Swan Valley Old Vine Charter (OVC). More than 20 wineries from this historic region, a 30-minute drive from the state capital of Perth, are participating. The programme will see grapevines from 35 to 125 years of age registered and preserved. Participating wineries include Talijancich Wines, Nikola Estate, John Kosovich Wines, Mandoon Estate and Sandalford Wines. While the vines are predominantly Shiraz, ...

The word of the wine: Ploussard

See poulsard.