The Winery The Diamond Collection of Lutzville Valley of Western Cape

Winery The Diamond Collection - Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This estate is part of the Lutzville Vineyards.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Lutzville Valley in the region of Western Cape

The Winery The Diamond Collection is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Lutzville Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery The Diamond Collection wines

Looking for the best Winery The Diamond Collection wines in Lutzville Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery The Diamond Collection 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 Diamond Collection wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery The Diamond Collection

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery The Diamond Collection

How Winery The Diamond Collection wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of stuffed beef rolls, eggplant, lamb and goat lasagna or the chicken with rice of the mother michèle.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery The Diamond Collection

On the nose the red wine of Winery The Diamond Collection. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, dried fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery The Diamond Collection. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery The Diamond Collection

  • 2010With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.38/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.12/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Pinotage
  • Ruby Cabernet

Discovering the wine region of Lutzville Valley

The wine region of Lutzville Valley is located in the region of Olifants River of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine The Diamond Collection or the Domaine Fryer's Cove produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Lutzville Valley are Ruby-cabernet, Pinotage and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Lutzville Valley often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, dried fruit or vegetal.

In the mouth of Lutzville Valley is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 6 estates and châteaux in the of Lutzville Valley, producing 15 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Lutzville Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top white wines of Winery The Diamond Collection

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery The Diamond Collection

How Winery The Diamond Collection wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of tartiflette, pan-fried potatoes with smoked salmon and rosemary or quiche lorraine.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery The Diamond Collection

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery The Diamond Collection

  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Muscadelle

Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle

Muscadelle white is a grape variety that originated in France (Bergerac). 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 bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium caliber. Muscadelle white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery The Diamond Collection

Planning a wine route in the of Lutzville Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery The Diamond Collection.

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!).

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The word of the wine: Biodynamic (agriculture)

Organic agriculture is part of a vision of the world linking the plant and all living beings to the cosmos and basing work in the vineyard and the cellar on the cycles of the moon.

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