The Winery Southern Cape Vineyards of Klein Karoo of Western Cape

Winery Southern Cape Vineyards - Winemaker's Selection Chenin Blanc
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Western Cape.
It is located in Klein Karoo in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Southern Cape Vineyards is one of the best wineries to follow in Klein Karoo.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Klein Karoo to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Southern Cape Vineyards wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Southern Cape Vineyards

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Southern Cape Vineyards

How Winery Southern Cape Vineyards wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of fish shells, stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce or fish fingers for dummies.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Southern Cape Vineyards

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Southern Cape Vineyards. is a with a nice freshness.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Southern Cape Vineyards.

  • Chenin Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Klein Karoo

The wine region of Klein Karoo is located in the region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Joubert Tradauw or the Domaine Karusa produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Klein Karoo are Viognier, Chardonnay and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Klein Karoo often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

In the mouth of Klein Karoo is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 8 estates and châteaux in the of Klein Karoo, producing 34 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Klein Karoo go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian.

The top red wines of Winery Southern Cape Vineyards

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Southern Cape Vineyards

How Winery Southern Cape Vineyards wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beer goulash or rabbit legs with mushrooms.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Southern Cape Vineyards.

  • Merlot
  • Ruby Cabernet

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Southern Cape Vineyards

Planning a wine route in the of Klein Karoo? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Southern Cape Vineyards.

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.

News about Winery Southern Cape Vineyards and wines from the region

Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine La Ferme St-Martin, Beaumes de Venise

Onwards, upwards. The roads get narrower, the corners get tighter. I step out of the car when I finally reach the winery and the air is so much fresher here. I go to take a sip from my water bottle and a gust of wind makes it whistle. I stand with Thomas Jullien and we look over the vineyards. It’s not yet spring, and the vines look little more than sticks. ‘It’s a lunar landscape at the moment,’ he says, as a friend’s flock of 300 sheep has just passed through to graze on every scrap of green b ...

Nomad winemaker: Why I make wine in Spain

When I started my nomadic winemaking project, in 2018 at Niepoort Vinhos in Portugal’s Douro region, I had no idea how large a part Spain would go on to play – I certainly never intended to make it the locus of my project. So how did it happen? Yes, there was an element of chance and taking opportunities where they arose. But also, among the talented winemakers to whom I pitched collaborations, I sensed an openness and a readiness to collaborate which seemed particular to Spain. Held in June las ...

Ukraine winery owner urges Europe’s vintners to host refugees

Eugene Shneyderis, founder of Beykush winery on the Black Sea coast in southern Ukraine, said he was keen to reach out to vineyard estate owners who may have the space to host refugees. More than three million people have fled the war in Ukraine since Russia began its invasion on 24 February, according to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR. Shneyderis, 49, lives in Spain with his family and said he was inspired by the story of a nearby wine company in Penedes, which was using accommodation ...

The word of the wine: Chaptalization

The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.