The Winery The African Horizon of Western Cape

Winery The African Horizon
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
This estate is part of the Origin Wine.
It is ranked in the top 4693 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery The African Horizon is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery The African Horizon wines

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

The top red wines of Winery The African Horizon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery The African Horizon

How Winery The African Horizon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of chinese fondue, tunisian macaroni or chicken curry with coconut milk and cashew nuts.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery The African Horizon

On the nose the red wine of Winery The African Horizon. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery The African Horizon. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery The African Horizon

  • 2015With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.47/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.36/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.35/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.33/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.18/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cinsault
  • 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 The African Horizon

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery The African Horizon

How Winery The African Horizon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of rabbit stew the old fashioned way, sliced tuna with tomato sauce or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery The African Horizon

On the nose the white wine of Winery The African Horizon. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery The African Horizon. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery The African Horizon

  • 2020With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.22/5
  • 2013With an average score of 2.93/5

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

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Moscato
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Moscato

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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!).