The Winery Wildekrans of Western Cape

Winery Wildekrans
The winery offers 40 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 64 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

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.

Top Winery Wildekrans wines

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.

The top red wines of Winery Wildekrans

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Wildekrans

How Winery Wildekrans wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of borscht (russia), lamb tagine with apricots or medallions of monkfish with citrus fruits.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Wildekrans

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 best vintages in the red wines of Winery Wildekrans

  • 2019With an average score of 4.36/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.28/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.23/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.13/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.11/5

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

  • Pinotage
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinot Noir

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 Wildekrans

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Wildekrans

How Winery Wildekrans wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of soy and shrimp noodles, chicken pie or white fish in court-bouillon.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Wildekrans

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 best vintages in the white wines of Winery Wildekrans

  • 2013With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.81/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chenin Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.

The top pink wines of Winery Wildekrans

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Wildekrans

How Winery Wildekrans wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of rabbit with leeks or chicken blanquette.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Wildekrans.

  • Pinotage

The word of the wine: Tears

Traces left by the wine on the sides of the glass when it is shaken or tilted.

The top sweet wines of Winery Wildekrans

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Wildekrans

How Winery Wildekrans wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Wildekrans

  • 0With an average score of 2.80/5

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Wildekrans

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Wildekrans

How Winery Wildekrans wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of stuffed cutlets, croziflette or rabbit with chorizo.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Wildekrans

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.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Wildekrans

  • 2010With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.66/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Wildekrans.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Structure

Refers to both the structure and the overall constitution of a wine.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Wildekrans

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 Wildekrans.

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.