The Winery Orange River Cellars of Western Cape

Winery Orange River Cellars
The winery offers 53 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 2823 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Orange River Cellars is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 53 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Orange River Cellars wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Orange River Cellars

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Orange River Cellars

How Winery Orange River Cellars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tournedos rossini with port sauce, lamb kebab or rabbit with homemade mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Orange River Cellars

On the nose the red wine of Winery Orange River Cellars. often reveals types of flavors of oak, earth or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Orange River Cellars. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Orange River Cellars

  • 2016With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Orange River Cellars.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinotage
  • Petit Verdot
  • Malbec
  • Tempranillo

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 sparkling wines of Winery Orange River Cellars

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Orange River Cellars

How Winery Orange River Cellars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pasticcio (greece), sausage and vegetable risotto with cookéo or provençal tart with rabbit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Orange River Cellars

  • 0With an average score of 3.49/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Orange River Cellars.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.

The top sweet wines of Winery Orange River Cellars

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Orange River Cellars

How Winery Orange River Cellars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of quiche without pastry, pasta with tuna and tomato or mussels with curry.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Orange River Cellars

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Orange River Cellars. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit, earth or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Orange River Cellars

  • 2015With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Orange River Cellars.

  • Ruby Cabernet
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Muscatel
  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Fade

Wine lacking in sapidity, flat, soft and without character.

The top white wines of Winery Orange River Cellars

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Orange River Cellars

How Winery Orange River Cellars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of quick beef bourguignon, tunisian sandwich or zucchini quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Orange River Cellars

On the nose the white wine of Winery Orange River Cellars. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Orange River Cellars. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Orange River Cellars

  • 2018With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Orange River Cellars.

  • Colombard
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: White muscat

White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.

The top natural sweet wines of Winery Orange River Cellars

Food and wine pairings with a natural sweet wine of Winery Orange River Cellars

How Winery Orange River Cellars wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of simple chicken curry or very simple muffins.

Organoleptic analysis of natural sweet wines of Winery Orange River Cellars

On the nose the natural sweet wine of Winery Orange River Cellars. often reveals types of flavors of dried fruit.

The best vintages in the natural sweet wines of Winery Orange River Cellars

  • 0With an average score of 3.57/5

The grape varieties most used in the natural sweet wines of Winery Orange River Cellars.

  • Muscat of Alexandria
  • Muscatel

The word of the wine: Finesse

Quality of a delicate and elegant wine.

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Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.