The Winery Makana of Western Cape

Winery Makana
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.1.
This estate is part of the Origin Wine.
It is ranked in the top 7445 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Makana is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Makana wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Makana

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Makana

How Winery Makana wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of sautéed pork with pineapple, greek-style shepherd's pie or coconut chicken and curry.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Makana

On the nose the red wine of Winery Makana. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Makana. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Makana

  • 2010With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.23/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Western Cape

Cradle of South African wine. Signature Chenin Blanc (Steen, 20%) in ample, fresh whites with notes of quince, yellow apple, honey and acacia flower, from crisp dry to sweet. Sharp, iodised Sauvignon Blanc (Walker Bay, Constantia), balanced Chardonnay. Reds: emblematic Pinotage with roasted aromas (coffee, plum, smoke), firm Cabernet Sauvignon, spicy Syrah.

Fine Pinot Noir on the coast. Mediterranean climate cooled by the Cape Doctor, ~80% of the country's production.

The top pink wines of Winery Makana

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Makana

How Winery Makana wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of monkfish armorican style, caramelized lamb mice or lamb curry indian style.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Makana

  • 0With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Makana.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

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.

The top white wines of Winery Makana

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Makana

How Winery Makana wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of pork roll with tomato sauce, english tuna croque-monsieur or baeckeoffe with fish.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Makana

On the nose the white wine of Winery Makana. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Makana

  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.25/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.17/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.00/5

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

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Concentrator

A device that removes water from grape must by reverse osmosis or entropy system. Its proponents say that it is better to remove water than to add sugar to produce more alcohol. The improperly used concentrator can also exaggerate bad tastes or greenness of tannins.

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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 Makana.

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.