The Winery Raka is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 23 wines for sale in of Overberg to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Raka wines in Overberg among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Raka 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 Raka wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Raka wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of spaghetti bolognese, purple leg of lamb with red wine and cranberries or bare-assed cockerel (ardennes).
On the nose the red wine of Winery Raka. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Raka. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
The wine region of Overberg is located in the region of Cape South Coast of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Lismore or the Domaine Crystallum produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Overberg are Chardonnay, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Overberg often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, tropical fruit or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
In the mouth of Overberg is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 26 estates and châteaux in the of Overberg, producing 59 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Overberg go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian.
How Winery Raka wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of lobster and scallops on a bed of leeks, pasta with shrimp or baked sea bass fillets.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Raka. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, vegetal or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Raka. is a with a nice freshness.
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!).
How Winery Raka wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter, giouvetsi (greek dish) or reblochon tartiflette.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Raka. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, red fruit.
Cinsault is a southern black grape variety that can be found in the blends of most Mediterranean appellations, but most often as an accessory grape variety. It is undoubtedly most present in certain rosé wines (in Corbières, Côtes-de-Provence, etc.): it gives these wines highly appreciated aromas of strawberry, peach and raspberry. In vin de pays (IGP), it is often vinified on its own, usually as a rosé.
Planning a wine route in the of Overberg? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Raka.
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.
