The Winery Wildekrans is one of the world's great estates. It offers 40 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Wildekrans wines in Western Cape among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Wildekrans 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 Wildekrans wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Wildekrans wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of simple baked roast beef, shish kebab or duck leg confit in cider.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Wildekrans. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Wildekrans. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
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.
How Winery Wildekrans wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of stuffed squid, haddock with curry cream or zarzuela mayonapo.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Wildekrans. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Wildekrans. is a with a nice freshness.
The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.
How Winery Wildekrans wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of garbure landaise or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.
A very astringent and somewhat coarse tannic wine.
How Winery Wildekrans wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
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!).
How Winery Wildekrans wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of rabbit with hunter's sauce, beef stew or rabbit with kriek and cherries.
On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Wildekrans. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
Said of a wine that is soft and caressing in the mouth.
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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.
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A very astringent and somewhat coarse tannic wine.
