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 lomo saltado, lamb kleftiko (greek) or sophie's tuna cake.

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

  • 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

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 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 chicken pie, baked cod portuguese style or spinach and goat cheese 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
  • 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: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Tucana

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

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.

News about Winery Tucana and wines from the region

Decanter magazine latest issue: January 2023

Inside the January 2023 issue of Decanter magazine: FEATURES Wines of the Year The best wines of 2022, nominated and retasted by Decanter experts Anniversary wines for 2023 Anthony Rose picks out his perfect wines for 2023’s big celebrations Vintage preview: Burgundy 2021 A difficult vintage but some great wines, writes Charles Curtis MW Sonoma County’s cool side Brooke Herron profiles three of the region’s cool-climate AVAs Bag in box – a Decanter guide Natalie Earl on the 25 best bag in box wi ...

Old Vine Charter: Perth’s Swan Valley to preserve historic vines

Old vines from Western Australia’s Swan Valley will be protected in the soon-to-be launched Swan Valley Old Vine Charter (OVC). More than 20 wineries from this historic region, a 30-minute drive from the state capital of Perth, are participating. The programme will see grapevines from 35 to 125 years of age registered and preserved. Participating wineries include Talijancich Wines, Nikola Estate, John Kosovich Wines, Mandoon Estate and Sandalford Wines. While the vines are predominantly Shiraz, ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Organoleptic

Elements, such as flavours and tactile sensations, that can stimulate a sensory receptor.