The Winery Long Mountain of Western Cape

Winery Long Mountain - Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 4741 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Long Mountain is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Long Mountain wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Long Mountain

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Long Mountain

How Winery Long Mountain wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of american style beef marinade, pumpkin parmentier hash or buckwheat pancakes filled with egg, cheese and ham.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Long Mountain

On the nose the red wine of Winery Long Mountain. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Long Mountain. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Long Mountain

  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.25/5
  • 2003With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.08/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Pinotage

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 Long Mountain

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Long Mountain

How Winery Long Mountain wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of guinea fowl with cabbage, sophie's tuna cake or quiche without eggs.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Long Mountain

On the nose the white wine of Winery Long Mountain. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Long Mountain. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Long Mountain

  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.37/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.34/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Long Mountain

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 Long Mountain.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Long Mountain and wines from the region

Edmond de Rothschild Heritage purchases Central Otago winery Akarua

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The word of the wine: Alcoholic fermentation

Transformation of sugars into alcohol under the effect of yeast. These yeasts exist in their natural state in the vineyards and in the cellars. Artificial seeding with selected yeasts is however very often practiced.