The Winery Pearly Bay of Western Cape

Winery Pearly Bay - Cabernet Sauvignon - Shiraz
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
This estate is part of the KWV.
It is ranked in the top 952 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Pearly Bay 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 Pearly Bay wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Pearly Bay

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Pearly Bay

How Winery Pearly Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of fillet of beef with morels, lamb sweetbreads with white wine and sorrel cream or aïoli.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Pearly Bay

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Pearly Bay

  • 2019With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.46/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.39/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.37/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.32/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Pinotage
  • Cinsaut
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Ruby Cabernet

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 Pearly Bay

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Pearly Bay

How Winery Pearly Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison), poultry or spicy food such as recipes of rabbit legs with mushrooms, stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce or chicken leg with curry in the oven.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Pearly Bay.

  • Ruby Cabernet
  • Cinsault
  • Pinotage
  • Muscat of Alexandria

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 white wines of Winery Pearly Bay

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Pearly Bay

How Winery Pearly Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of the tartiflette wrap, rice with tuna and tomato or zarzuela mayonapo.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Pearly Bay

On the nose the white wine of Winery Pearly Bay. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of vegetal.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Pearly Bay

  • 2020With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Colombard

The word of the wine: Red winemaking

Transformation of grapes into must and wine under the effect of alcoholic fermentation. The vinification of red wines takes place in several stages: destemming, crushing, alcoholic fermentation, vatting, running off and maturing.

The top pink wines of Winery Pearly Bay

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Pearly Bay

How Winery Pearly Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of roast pork with pineapple, rack of lamb with antiboise sauce or mahi mahi curry with coconut milk.

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

  • Mourvedre
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache

Discover the grape variety: Colombard

Colombard is one of the oldest grape varieties in the Charentes. This golden white grape variety is a cross between Chenin and Gouais. The young leaves of colombard are yellow with bronze patches. The adult leaves may be three-lobed or whole, depending on the variety. Its branches are cottony. The bunches of this variety are thick and cylindrical. Its elliptical berries are medium-sized. They change color until they ripen, ranging from greenish white to golden yellow. Colombard is associated with an average budding. It is particularly susceptible to leafhoppers, grape worms, mites, mildew, powdery mildew and gray mold. It is also sensitive to water stress, but is not very sensitive to wind. It ripens late in the second half of the year. There are a dozen approved clones of Colombard, the best known of which are 608, 607 and 606. This variety produces a full-bodied, fine white wine. Aromas of lime, nectarine, boxwood, citrus and exotic fruits are released.

The top sweet wines of Winery Pearly Bay

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Pearly Bay

How Winery Pearly Bay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of spaghetti squash bolognese style, leg of lamb bravado in the oven or bacon and mushroom tagliatelle.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Pearly Bay

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Pearly Bay. often reveals types of flavors of oak, spices or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Pearly Bay

  • 2015With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.64/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Pearly Bay.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Cinsault
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

The word of the wine: Phylloxera

Aphid that came from America and ravaged European vineyards at the end of the 19th century. It lives on the roots of the vine, from which it pumps the sap. The only vines capable of resisting it had to be imported from the United States, and then grafted onto their root system the wood of traditional French grape varieties. Today, grafted vines are always planted.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Pearly Bay

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 Pearly Bay.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Pearly Bay and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Red winemaking

Transformation of grapes into must and wine under the effect of alcoholic fermentation. The vinification of red wines takes place in several stages: destemming, crushing, alcoholic fermentation, vatting, running off and maturing.