The Winery Solms Delta is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 18 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Solms Delta wines in Western Cape among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Solms Delta 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 Solms Delta wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Solms Delta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tenderloin wellington, lamb collar with mustard or rabbit legs with fresh cream.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Solms Delta. often reveals types of flavors of oak, spices or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, non oak or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Solms Delta. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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 Solms Delta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of kale soup, aiguillette of duck normandy style or peppers stuffed with tuna and parmesan.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Solms Delta. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Solms Delta. is a with a nice freshness.
Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
How Winery Solms Delta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of boeuf lôc lac (cambodia), leg of lamb bravado in the oven or lamb shoulder confit.
On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Solms Delta. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit.
Expose the wine to the air before serving, to allow it to open up more, to develop its aromas and to round out its tannins.
How Winery Solms Delta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef colombo bourguignon style, merguez - courgettes gratin (leftover barbecue) or chicken in sauce.
On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Solms Delta. often reveals types of flavors of oak, spices or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit.
Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
How Winery Solms Delta wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of homemade beef stew, express couscous in a pressure cooker or express chicken skewers with spices.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Solms Delta. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, tree fruit.
American vine on which a French vine is grafted. This is the consequence of the phylloxera that destroyed the vineyard at the end of the 19th century: after much trial and error, it was discovered that the "pest" spared the roots of the American vines, and the technique became widespread.
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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!).
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Expose the wine to the air before serving, to allow it to open up more, to develop its aromas and to round out its tannins.
