The Winery Skaap is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Skaap wines in Western Cape among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Skaap 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 Skaap wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Skaap wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of osso bucco milanese, baeckeoffe or duck legs with green olives.
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.
How Winery Skaap wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of tournedos rossini with port sauce, lamb marinated in white wine or boeuf en daube.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Skaap. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Skaap. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.
How Winery Skaap wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or veal such as recipes of beef tagliata with truffle oil, duck stew with cahors wine or pork tenderloin with mushroom sauce.
Term designating the deposit of tartar crystals in bottled white wines.
How Winery Skaap wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of marinated mussels with parsley, tuna, pepper and tomato quiche or courgettes with goat cheese au gratin.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Skaap. often reveals types of flavors of vegetal, tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Skaap. is a with a nice freshness.
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.
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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.
