The Winery Ridgeback is one of the world's great estates. It offers 30 wines for sale in of Paarl to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Ridgeback wines in Paarl among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Ridgeback 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 Ridgeback wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Ridgeback wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of lamb skewers, quick couscous or rabbit with hunter's sauce.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Ridgeback. often reveals types of flavors of earth, black fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of microbio, vegetal or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Ridgeback. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
The wine region of Paarl is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vilafonté or the Domaine La Motte Wine Estate produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Paarl are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Paarl often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, prune or eucalyptus and sometimes also flavors of mocha, cranberry or strawberries.
In the mouth of Paarl is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 187 estates and châteaux in the of Paarl, producing 982 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Paarl go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
How Winery Ridgeback wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of mussels with beer, chicken colombo or american-style monkfish.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Ridgeback. 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 Ridgeback. is a with a nice freshness.
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.
How Winery Ridgeback wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of express veal stew in a pressure cooker, chicken ballotine with ham and mushrooms or aiguillettes of duck with auvergne blue cheese.
On the nose the pink wine of Winery Ridgeback. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.
Appellation d'origine contrôlée. The most prestigious category of French wines created in the 1930s on the basis of quality criteria defined by a geographical delimitation, a chosen grape variety and precise production rules.
How Winery Ridgeback wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of tomatoes stuffed with sausage meat, civet of wild boar or vitello tonnato.
On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Ridgeback. often reveals types of flavors of earth, citrus fruit.
Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
How Winery Ridgeback wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of roast pork orloff, duck breast in foil (barbecue) or scallops with cream.
On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Ridgeback. often reveals types of flavors of dried fruit.
Fruit of the vine in the form of bunches of grapes, also called berries, attached to the stalk. The grapes used to make wine are known as grape varieties, a generic word that designates many types of vine plant with their own characteristics.
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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.
