The Winery Balance of Western Cape

Winery Balance
The winery offers 54 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
This estate is part of the Overhex Wines.
It is ranked in the top 1334 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Balance is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 54 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Balance wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Balance

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Balance

How Winery Balance wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of salted lentils, tuna gratin or carri of shrimps with chillies.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Balance

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Balance

  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.43/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.37/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.35/5

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

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Pinot Grigio
  • Pinot Noir
  • Sémillon

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 red wines of Winery Balance

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Balance

How Winery Balance wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of braciola (southern italy), duck breast with red fruits or yassa chicken (senegal).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Balance

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Balance

  • 2017With an average score of 3.37/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.33/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.33/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.27/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.23/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Pinotage
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cinsault
  • Malbec

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.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Balance

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Balance

How Winery Balance wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of baked whole salmon, scallops on a bed of leeks or zucchini quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Balance

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Balance. often reveals types of flavors of vegetal.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Balance

  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.28/5
  • 2017With an average score of 2.90/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Pinotage
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Viognier
  • Muscatel

The word of the wine: Fermentation

The process by which grape juice becomes wine, thanks to the action of yeasts that transform sugar into alcohol.

The top pink wines of Winery Balance

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Balance

How Winery Balance wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of cicadas at the chib, lamb shoulder confit or turkey paupiettes in poultry sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Balance

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Balance. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Balance

  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.37/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cinsaut
  • Pinotage

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

The top sweet wines of Winery Balance

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Balance

How Winery Balance wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison), shellfish or poultry such as recipes of duck breast with spices, roasted figs with honey and port, marinated mussels with parsley or bresse chicken with yellow wine and morels.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Balance

  • 2020With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.54/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Balance.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Pinotage
  • Muscat of Alexandria
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Ruby Cabernet

The word of the wine: Traditional method

Also known as the Champagne method, this is the elaboration of sparkling wines according to the second fermentation method in the bottle.

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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 Balance.

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.