The Winery Skoonuitsig of Western Cape

Winery Skoonuitsig
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.2.
It is ranked in the top 5655 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Skoonuitsig 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.

Top Winery Skoonuitsig wines

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

The top pink wines of Winery Skoonuitsig

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Skoonuitsig

How Winery Skoonuitsig wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of monkfish with vegetable tagliatelle, irish stew or garbure landaise.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Skoonuitsig

  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 2.90/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • 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 white wines of Winery Skoonuitsig

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Skoonuitsig

How Winery Skoonuitsig wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of roast pork with prunes, sardines moroccan style or quiche without pastry.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Skoonuitsig

On the nose the white wine of Winery Skoonuitsig. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Skoonuitsig. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Skoonuitsig

  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.38/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.31/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.23/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Cinsault

Cinsaut noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). 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 large bunches and large grapes. Cinsaut noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

The top red wines of Winery Skoonuitsig

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Skoonuitsig

How Winery Skoonuitsig wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of salmon with cream sauce, berber giblet frying pan or pasta with broccoli.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Skoonuitsig

On the nose the red wine of Winery Skoonuitsig. often reveals types of flavors of oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Skoonuitsig. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Skoonuitsig

  • 2016With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.27/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.19/5

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

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

The word of the wine: Acidic (flavor)

Acidity is present in all wines, and is essential in white wines. It is due to the presence of different organic acids in the wine, and is expressed in the mouth by a sensation of freshness combined with other elements, such as minerality or a note of bitterness. Moderately present, it brings relief and vivacity to the wine.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Skoonuitsig

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 Skoonuitsig.

Discover the grape variety: Pinotage

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!).

News about Winery Skoonuitsig and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Ukraine winery’s mission to deliver bottles to DWWA

Amid the devastation and turmoil since Russia’s invasion on 24 February, Beykush winery on southern Ukraine’s Black Sea Coast has been among those attempting to continue operations as much as possible. Last week, Beykush began transporting thousands of wines to western Ukraine in order to protect them for possible export to other markets, winery director Svetlana Tsybak told Decanter. ‘Yesterday we sent three palettes, about 1,200 bottles, and today the same quantity,’ she said. She also s ...

Decanter’s Regional Editors pick out their top wines for Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

In the first part of this series, see the wines that the Decanter editorial team is most excited about tasting at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Amy Wislocki – Decanter Magazine Editor Cape Landing Blackwood Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River 2019 At the end of every year at Decanter, we organise a ‘Wines of the Year‘ tasting. We ask our key contributors and editorial staff to pick out the wines that most impressed them during the year just gon ...

The word of the wine: Acidic (flavor)

Acidity is present in all wines, and is essential in white wines. It is due to the presence of different organic acids in the wine, and is expressed in the mouth by a sensation of freshness combined with other elements, such as minerality or a note of bitterness. Moderately present, it brings relief and vivacity to the wine.