Regions South Africa Flashcards
Black Grapes
Common characteristics for premium
Cab Sauv #1 - blending common
Merlot - sometime on own
Cab Franc
Pinot Noir - cooler areas only
Syrah
Piniotage
All: premium in oak, new oak
Merlot Style
Full body
Jammy
Syrah Style
Warm Climate: Full Body, hi Alc, Ripe black fruit, earthy, meaty
Cooler: Less full body, Peppery
Pinotage
Cross
Styles
Blend
Pinot Noir x Cinsault
Style: light fruity, red berry
From Old bush: full body, rich spicy red fruit
Oaked: coffee / chocolate
Cape Blend (with International)
Chenin Blanc
Rank
Styles
1 overall
Sweet or dry
easy drinking , simple stone fruit
Old bush -> full texture, concentrated, complex flavor
Barrel ferment / age: more body / toast
Colombard
Uses
Rank
Brandy
#2 white
Sauvignon Blanc
Common
Styles and methods
Often herbaceous
Best cooler -> citrus , green fruit
Warmer : pick earlier
Chardonnay
Quality / where ?
Methods
Hi in cooler sites
Barrel ferment / lees stirring as burgundy
White Grapes
Chenin #1 overall
Colombard #2 white
Sauvignon Blanc
Chardonnay
Muscat de Alexandria aka Hanepoot
Viogner
White Blends from Chenin plus Rhone white Marsanne, Roussanne, Grenache Blanc, Viognier
Muscat of Alexandria
Style
aka Hanepoot
Late harvest sweet
dried on vine
botrytis
Viogner
Style
Rich perfumed
toasty oak
Regions
Cape Coastal
Breed River Valley
Cape South Coast
Geo Units
% production
Western Cape 90%
Northern Cape (Orange River) 10%
Label term for sustainable
Integrated production of wine
Wine of Origin Def
geo indication 100% of wine origin
Coastal Region Districts / Wards
Stellenbosch
Constantia (Ward of Cape Peninsula)
Paarl
Swartland
Darling
Durbanville (Ward of Tygerburg)
Stellenbosch
Climate
Geo features
Rainfall
Influences
Grapes
Moderate to warm climate cooled by breezes funneled in from False Bay to the valleys. Sufficient rain in winter.
Surrounded by mountains
Influences : varied altitude, aspects, soils lead to variety
Red: Cab Sauv, Merlot (alone and blended) Syrah, Cape Red Bends
White: Sauv blanc, chard in cooler sites
Paarl
Location
Climate
Influence
Grapes
North of Stellenbosch
Warmer in summer / inland. Cool nights moderate temps
Mountainous
Altitude, Aspect, Soil for variety
Black: Cab Sauv, Syrah, Pinotage
White: Chenin, Chardonnay
Constantia
District
Geo
Influence
Grape
Sub Area / Grapes
Cape Peninsula district
Eastern flank of Table Mountains
Fully exposed to cooling Cape Doctor
Sauv Blanc #1, Muscat (Vin de Constance sweet wine)
South of Table Mts -> cooler, sauv blanc, Semillon, Shiraz, Cab Sauv
Swartland
Location
Trends
Grapes
Method
North of Capetown
Inexpensive moving to Premium
Black: Syrah
White Chenin
Red / white cape blends
Dry farming - low yield, hi concentration
Darling
location
grapes
noteable
SW of Swartland
Sauv Blanc
Reputation for old vines
Durbanville
District
Influence
Grapes
Geo / location
Tygerburg
Sea breeze through cape point
Sauv Blanc
Hillsides north of Cape Town
Breed River Valley
Districts
Worcester
Robertson
Worcester
Location
Climate / soil
Growing methods / styles
Grapes
West end of valley
Hot, Dry, fertile soil
Irrigation from river
hi volume
Chenin, colombard
Robertson
Location
Climate / soils
Styles
Grapes
East of Worcester
cooling breezes south easterly / fertile soil. Some low fertile outcroppings
Mostly hi volume
In low fertile cooler areas full body Chardonnay, Syrah
Cape South Region
Districts
Wards
Influence
Walker Bay District
Hemel -en-Arde (of Walker Bay)
Elgin
Elim (ward of Agulhas)
Ocean
Walker / Heme-en-Arde
Grapes
Black: Pinot Noir, Merlot, Syrah
White: Chardonnay, Sauv Blanc
Elgin
Location
Grapes
North of Walker Bay
Black: Pinot noir, Syrah
White: Sauv Blanc noteable (intense, fresh), Chardonnay
Elim
Location
Grapes
SE of Walker Bay
White: Sauv Blanc (herbaceous pungent)
Black: Syrah
