The Winery Secret Cellar of Western Cape

Winery Secret Cellar
The winery offers 21 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 9496 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Secret Cellar is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 21 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Secret Cellar wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Secret Cellar

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Secret Cellar

How Winery Secret Cellar wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of lamb skewers, dad's lamb mouse or rabbit with prunes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Secret Cellar

On the nose the red wine of Winery Secret Cellar. 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 Secret Cellar. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Secret Cellar

  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.48/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.41/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.31/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Secret Cellar.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Mourvedre
  • Malbec
  • Pinotage

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 Secret Cellar

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Secret Cellar

How Winery Secret Cellar wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Secret Cellar

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Secret Cellar. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Secret Cellar

  • 0With an average score of 3.56/5

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 Secret Cellar

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Secret Cellar

How Winery Secret Cellar wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of salty crumble with courgettes, goat cheese and bacon, codfish portuguese style or shrimp, coconut and ginger soup.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Secret Cellar

On the nose the white wine of Winery Secret Cellar. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, citrus fruit or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Secret Cellar. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Secret Cellar

  • 0With an average score of 3.31/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Secret Cellar.

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Grenache Blanc
  • Pinot Noir
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Cryo-extraction

This technique was very popular at the end of the 80's in Sauternes, a little less so now. The grapes are frozen before pressing, and the water transformed into ice remains in the marc, only the sugar flows out. As with the concentrators, the "cryo" can also increase bad taste and greenness.

The top pink wines of Winery Secret Cellar

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Secret Cellar

How Winery Secret Cellar wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Secret Cellar

  • 0With an average score of 3.10/5

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Secret Cellar

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 Secret Cellar.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.