The Winery Meerland (ZA) of Western Cape

Winery Meerland (ZA) - Cinsaut - Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Meerland (ZA) is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Meerland (ZA) wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Meerland (ZA)

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Meerland (ZA)

How Winery Meerland (ZA) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of meat and goat pie, lamb tagine with prunes or red mullet fillets in saffron sauce.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Meerland (ZA)

  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Meerland (ZA).

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cinsault
  • Pinotage
  • 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 Meerland (ZA)

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Meerland (ZA)

How Winery Meerland (ZA) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discover the grape variety: Cinsaut

Cinsaut noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). 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 large bunches and large grapes. Cinsaut noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

The top pink wines of Winery Meerland (ZA)

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Meerland (ZA)

How Winery Meerland (ZA) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of pheasant in a casserole with white wine or spinach and hard-boiled eggs with béchamel sauce.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Meerland (ZA).

  • Pinotage

The word of the wine: Golden

Brown colour with red and yellow reflections characteristic of evolved wines.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Meerland (ZA)

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 Meerland (ZA).

Discover the grape variety: Pinotage

An intraspecific cross between pinot noir and cinsaut called hermitage, obtained in South Africa in 1925 by Professor Abraham Izak Perold. Since then, it has been propagated in Africa, New Zealand, Australia, the United States (California), Canada, Brazil, Israel, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties on the A1 list. - Synonymy: none to date (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).

News about Winery Meerland (ZA) and wines from the region

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, ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Golden

Brown colour with red and yellow reflections characteristic of evolved wines.