The Winery Fairtrade of Western Cape

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The winery offers 54 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.2.
It is ranked in the top 3103 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Fairtrade 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 Fairtrade wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Fairtrade

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Fairtrade

How Winery Fairtrade wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of monkfish with vegetable tagliatelle, grilled lamb shoulder with spices and honey or turnip confit with parma cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Fairtrade

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Fairtrade

  • 2012With an average score of 3.34/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.16/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.15/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.11/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.09/5

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

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

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 Fairtrade

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Fairtrade

How Winery Fairtrade wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of mussels with cream supers, quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or salmon, asparagus and goat cheese tart.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Fairtrade

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Fairtrade

  • 2020With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2021With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.46/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.33/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.26/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.17/5

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

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier

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 Fairtrade

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Fairtrade

How Winery Fairtrade wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of roast monkfish with bacon, lamb stew from my mum or makrouna salsa (tunisian pastry).

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Fairtrade

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

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Fairtrade

  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 2.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 2.80/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

The word of the wine: Arching

A stage in the vegetative cycle of the vine that occurs after the leaves have fallen and is characterized by the drying out of the soft shoots, which are transformed into hard shoots by lignification.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Fairtrade

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 Fairtrade.

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

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The word of the wine: Arching

A stage in the vegetative cycle of the vine that occurs after the leaves have fallen and is characterized by the drying out of the soft shoots, which are transformed into hard shoots by lignification.