The Winery Thorne & Daughters of Western Cape

Winery Thorne & Daughters - Copper Pot Pinot Noir
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 375 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Thorne & Daughters is one of the best wineries to follow in Western Cape.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Thorne & Daughters wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Thorne & Daughters

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Thorne & Daughters

How Winery Thorne & Daughters wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pasticcio (greece), ardéchoise fly or rabbit with homemade mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Thorne & Daughters

On the nose the red wine of Winery Thorne & Daughters. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, non oak or floral and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, sour plum or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Thorne & Daughters. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Thorne & Daughters

  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Thorne & Daughters.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Cinsault

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 Thorne & Daughters

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Thorne & Daughters

How Winery Thorne & Daughters wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of wok of shrimps with vegetables, chicken in sauce or daube of conger.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Thorne & Daughters

On the nose the white wine of Winery Thorne & Daughters. 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 Thorne & Daughters. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Thorne & Daughters

  • 2013With an average score of 4.24/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.18/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.06/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Thorne & Daughters.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Clairette
  • Chardonnay
  • Roussanne

Discover the grape variety: Sémillon

Sémillon blanc 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. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Thorne & Daughters

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 Thorne & Daughters.

Discover the grape variety: Clairette

Clairette rosé is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). It produces a variety of grape used for wine making. However, it can also be found on our tables! Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by medium to large bunches of grapes of medium size. Clairette rosé can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhône Valley, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Winery Thorne & Daughters and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Ukraine winery’s mission to deliver bottles to DWWA

Amid the devastation and turmoil since Russia’s invasion on 24 February, Beykush winery on southern Ukraine’s Black Sea Coast has been among those attempting to continue operations as much as possible. Last week, Beykush began transporting thousands of wines to western Ukraine in order to protect them for possible export to other markets, winery director Svetlana Tsybak told Decanter. ‘Yesterday we sent three palettes, about 1,200 bottles, and today the same quantity,’ she said. She also s ...

Old Vine Charter: Perth’s Swan Valley to preserve historic vines

Old vines from Western Australia’s Swan Valley will be protected in the soon-to-be launched Swan Valley Old Vine Charter (OVC). More than 20 wineries from this historic region, a 30-minute drive from the state capital of Perth, are participating. The programme will see grapevines from 35 to 125 years of age registered and preserved. Participating wineries include Talijancich Wines, Nikola Estate, John Kosovich Wines, Mandoon Estate and Sandalford Wines. While the vines are predominantly Shiraz, ...

The word of the wine: Maccabeo

See macabeu.