The Winery Mount Babylon of Walker Bay of Western Cape

Winery Mount Babylon - SMV An Eight Barrel Shiraz Malbec Viognier
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.5.
It is ranked in the top 145 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Walker Bay in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Mount Babylon is one of the best wineries to follow in Walker Bay.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Walker Bay to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Mount Babylon wines

Looking for the best Winery Mount Babylon wines in Walker Bay among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Mount Babylon 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 Mount Babylon wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Mount Babylon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Mount Babylon

How Winery Mount Babylon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of stuffed zucchini, ramadan berber soup (harira) or roast pork orloff.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Mount Babylon

  • 2012With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.60/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Malbec
  • Viognier

Discovering the wine region of Walker Bay

The wine region of Walker Bay is located in the region of Cape South Coast of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bouchard Finlayson or the Domaine Creation produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Walker Bay are Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Walker Bay often reveals types of flavors of raspberry, mocha or mango and sometimes also flavors of guava, passion fruit or grass.

In the mouth of Walker Bay is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 45 estates and châteaux in the of Walker Bay, producing 208 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Walker Bay go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Mount Babylon

Planning a wine route in the of Walker Bay? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Mount Babylon.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Winery Mount Babylon and wines from the region

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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 ...

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Ukraine winery’s mission to deliver bottles to DWWA

Amid the devastation and turmoil since Russia’s invasion on 24 February, Beykush winery on southern Ukraine’s Black Sea Coast has been among those attempting to continue operations as much as possible. Last week, Beykush began transporting thousands of wines to western Ukraine in order to protect them for possible export to other markets, winery director Svetlana Tsybak told Decanter. ‘Yesterday we sent three palettes, about 1,200 bottles, and today the same quantity,’ she said. She also s ...

The word of the wine: Second wine

In the Bordeaux vineyard, the second wine is a lesser-aged wine made from the youngest vines, while the main wine of the château is called the "grand vin".