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 tunisian molokheya, lamb breast with onions and tomato sauce or tartiflette.
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 linguine with shrimp and spicy tomato sauce, veal axoa (basque country) or fried rice with vegetables.
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.
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.
How Winery Raka wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef pot-au-feu, chaouia lamb or north welsch.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Raka. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, red fruit.
Purchase made shortly after the harvest and before the wine is ready for consumption.
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.
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!).
Growers in the village of Melambes in Crete saw devastating wildfires cause ‘complete damage to 300 acres (121.4 hectares) of old pre-phylloxera vines’ in July, according to an online crowdfunding page created to support viticulture in the area and help those affected. Although fire burned 90% of the vineyard, it’s hoped some damaged vines can be rescued, said winemaker Iliana Malihin, of her namesake winery and who has spearheaded a community project to revive the site in recent years. Ye ...
Glenfiddich has released a range of three luxury single malts, themed around time. The Time Re:Imagined collection includes 30-year-old, 40-year-old and 50-year-old expressions, priced from £900 up to £35,000. The whiskies have been matured in Speyside. Each one is presented in packaging designed to interpret different concepts of time. ‘In whisky production, we often talk about the role of malt masters and it is our responsibility to find the delicate balance between the taste of the whisky and ...
Shirakawa 1958 is the only official single malt bottling from the demolished distillery, and is also said to be the earliest single vintage Japanese whisky bottled to date, although part of its back story remains shrouded in mystery. The whisky was distilled at the Shirakawa distillery, located 200km north of Tokyo, in 1958, and survived an era when Shirakawa’s malt whisky was almost all used in owner Takara Shuzo’s flagship ‘King’ blend. Shirakawa was opened in Fukushima Prefecture by previous ...
Purchase made shortly after the harvest and before the wine is ready for consumption.
