The Winery Tucana of Western Cape

Winery Tucana
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Tucana is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Tucana wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Tucana

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Tucana

How Winery Tucana wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beef lark, original mafé with okra or spanish paella.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Tucana

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Tucana

  • 0With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.62/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Pinotage
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Western Cape

Cradle of South African wine. Signature Chenin Blanc (Steen, 20%) in ample, fresh whites with notes of quince, yellow apple, honey and acacia flower, from crisp dry to sweet. Sharp, iodised Sauvignon Blanc (Walker Bay, Constantia), balanced Chardonnay. Reds: emblematic Pinotage with roasted aromas (coffee, plum, smoke), firm Cabernet Sauvignon, spicy Syrah.

Fine Pinot Noir on the coast. Mediterranean climate cooled by the Cape Doctor, ~80% of the country's production.

The top white wines of Winery Tucana

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Tucana

How Winery Tucana wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of potato and bacon omelette, marmite dieppoise or ham and comté quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Tucana

On the nose the white wine of Winery Tucana. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Tucana. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Tucana

  • 2020With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.52/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

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Discover the grape variety: Pinotage

Intensely coloured, structured reds with inky robe and firm tannins, with typical aromas of blackberry, black plum, roasted coffee, cocoa, banana and characteristic smoky notes. Made as powerful ageing reds and as more approachable fruity cuvées, sometimes as rosés. Absolute signature of South Africa (Stellenbosch, Swartland, Paarl). Cross of pinot noir × cinsault created in 1925 by Abraham Perold at Stellenbosch University.