SOUTH AFRICA Flashcards
SOUTH AFRICA-IN GENERAL
- S.A W ITS WINE GROWING REG LOC AT BETWEEN 27 & 34 SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, SHOULD HAVE HOT CLIMATE
- MANY VIN AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO COOLING INF ALTHOUGH CERTAIN INLAND AREAS THE SUMMER TEMP CAN BECOME VERY HOT
- MOST IMP INF COME FROM SOUTHERN OCEAN
- THE COLD BENGUELA CURRENT FLOWS UP FROM THE ANTARTIC RUNNING PAST THE TIP & UP TO WEST COAST OF AFRICA, COOLING COASTEL AREAS
SOUTH AFRICA-IN GENERAL
COLD BENGUELA CURRENT FLOWS UP FROM THE ANTARTIC RUNNING PAST THE TIP&UP TO WEST COAST AFRICA, COOLING COASTEL AREAS
THIS IS MAGNIFIED BY THE STRONG SOUTH-EASTERLY SUMMER WINDS, KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE CAPE DOCTOR
-THESE BRING AIR COOLED BY THE OCEAN FURTHER INLAND & CAN REDUCE THE TEMP IN SOME AREAS
SOUTH AFRICA-IN GENERAL
OTHER DEFINING FEATURE OF S.A WINE LANDS IS THE PROMINENT MOUNTAIN RANGES RUNNING THROUGH THE WINE REG:
- THEY OFFER PROD A DRAMATIC RANGE OF DIFFERENT ALTITUDES & ASPECTS
- DIFFERENT SOILS, WHICH RESULT IN A RANGE OF DIFFERENT SITE CLIMATES
- ALTITUDE HAS A MARKED INF ON A VIN CLIMATE=VALLEY FLOOR VINS WARMER THAN THOSE IN MOUNT.
REG IN SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, VINS MAY BE P ON THE SOUTHERN SLOPES OF MOUNT. TO BENEFIT FROM COOLER TEMP:
- THIS MOUNT.TERRAIN CAST SHADOWS OVER NEARBY VINS, GIVING SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMP DURING THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DAY
- NEARER THE COAST THE MOUNT. CAN HELP CHANNEL THE WINDS THROUGH THE VINS.
STELLENBOSCH-COASTEL REGION
- IT STRECHES FROM JUST INLAND OF THE COAST AT SOMERSET WEST RIGHT UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS THAT SURROUND THE TOWN STELLENBOSCH ITSELF
- IT HAS LONG BEEN THE HUB OF FINE W PROD IN S.A
- CLIMATE:MODERATE TO WARM DEPENDING ON LOCATION
- SUFFICIENT RAINFALL IN THE WINTER & SUMMERS ARE RARELY HOT, THANKS TO THE COOL WINDS FROM FALSE BAY THAT ARE FUNNELED BY THE MOUNTAINS INTO THE VALLEYS
STELLENBOSCH-COASTEL REGION
- THE SUCCESS OF STELLENBOSCH LIES IN THE VARIETY OF ALTITUDE, ASPECT & SOIL THAT IS AVAILABLE
- THIS DISTRICT IS DIVIDED INTO A NUMBER OF DISTRICT WARDS WHICH HIGHLIGHT THIS DIVERSITY
- IT HAS BUILT UP A REP FOR TOP CLASS RED WINES, IN PART CAB.SAUV, MERLOT(OFTEN MADE IN BORDEAUX STYLE BLENDS), SYRAH, CAPE RED BLENDS
- THE COOLER SITES CAN PRO HQ SAUV.BLANC & CHARDONNAY AS WELL
PAARL-IN COASTEL REGION
- THIS DISTRICT IS A LARGE ONE THAT LIES TO THE NORTH OF STELLENBOSCH
- ITS LESS EXPOSED TO THE COOLING INF OF THE SEA, BEING FURTHER INLAND & TEMP TEND TO BE HOTTER IN THE SUMMERALTHOUGH THIS CAN BE MOD BY COOLER-NIGHT TIME TEMP
- LIKE STELLENBOSCH, THE MOUNT. TERRAIN OFFERS A VARIETY OF ALTITUDES, ASPECTS & SOILS
- CHENIN BLANC & CHARDONNAY M.V.P.G.V
- A RANGE OF OTHER GR V G
- CAB SAUV, SYRAH, PINOTAGE MOST IMP. VAR
CONSTANTIA-IN COASTEL REGION
- THIS WARD IN THE CAPE PENINSULA DISTRICT HAS SOME OF THE OLDEST VINS IN THE CAPE, LIE ON THE EASTERN FLANKS OF THE TABLE MOUNTAIN
- VINS CONSTANTLY COOLED BY THE CAPE DOCTOR & THE PROD HERE HAVE A PART REP FOR SAUVIGNON BLANC
- ONE OF THE ESTATES PRO:VIN DE CONSTANCE FROM LATE-HARVESTED MUSCAT
SOME VINS P SOUTH OF THE TABLE MOUNTAIN CLOSER TO CAPE POINT ITSELF
- THESE VINS: WELL-EXPOSED TO THE COOLING INF OF THE OCEAN & MADE A SPECIALTY OF SAUVIGNON BLANC & SEMILLON
- SOME SHIRAZ & CAB. SAUV IS P IN THE WARMER SITES
SWARTLAND-COASTEL REGION
- TO THE NORTH OF CAPE TOWN, THIS DISTRICT USED TO BE CONSIDERED AS A SOURCE OF INEXPENSIVE GR & WINE, HAS UNDERGONE A CONSIDERABLE TRANSF. IN RECENT YRS
- NOW A CENTRE OF INNOVATION & PREMIUM WINE PROD
IT IS RECOGNISED PART AS A SOURCE OF OLD VINE CHENIN BLANC & HQ SYRAH
- BOTH ARE OFTEN DRY-FARMED (GROWN WITHOUT IRRIGATION), LOWERING YIELDS BUT ENHANCING FRUIT CONCENT.
- PREMIUM CAPE BLENDS (BOTH RED & WHITE) COME FROM THIS DISTRICT
THE DARLING DISTRICT: IN SWARTLAND-(COASTEL REGION)
THE DARLING DISTRICT SITS TO THE SOUTH-WEST OF SWARTLAND, NEAR THE COAST=RECEIVES COOLING SEA BREEZES
-IT BUILT ITS REP FOR SAUV.BLANC BUT NOW RANGE OF OTHER VAR & LIKE SWARTLAND IS A SOURCE OF OLD VINES
DURBANVILLE-IN COASTEL REGION
THIS WARD IN THE TYGERBERG DISTRICT OFFERS HILLSIDE SITES NORTH OF CAPE TOWN, COOLED BY THE SEA BREEZES THAT ALSO BLOW THROUGH CAPE POINT
-ITS BUILT A REP FOR SAUV BLANC
WORCESTER-BREEDE RIVER VALLEY
- THIS DISTRICT LIES AT THE WESTERN END OF THE BREEDE RIVER VALLEY
- CLIMATE:HOT&DRY& IRRIGATION, LARGELY DRAWN FROM THE RIVER IS ESSENTIAL
W FERTILE SOILS, IT CAN PRO SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF S.A’S ANNUALPROD:
- MAJ OF WHITE MADE:CHENIN BLANC & COLOMBARD
- MUCH OF THIS WINE IS USED FOR DISTILLATION BUT NEVERTHELESS WORCESTER IS A RELIABLE SOURCE OF WELL-MADE RED & WHITE WINES FOR HV BRANDED WINES
ROBERTSON-IN BREEDE RIVER VALLEY
- THIS DISTRICT IS SITUATED TO THE EAST OF WORCESTER
- IT HAS SIMILAR BUT SLIGHTLY COOLER CLIMATE TO WORCESTER THANKS TO THE SOUTH-EASTERLY WINDS THAT ARE DRAWN INTO THE VALLEY
- THE REG ALSO A RELIABLE SOURCE OF WELL-MADE WINES FOR HV BRANDS
- THANKS TO COOLING INF & NOTABLE OUTCROPS OF LESS FERTILE SOILS THIS REG CAN PRO SOME EXCELLENT SYRAH & F BODIED CHARDONNAYS
CAPE SOUTH COAST-THIS AREA WELL EXPOSED TO THE OCEAN, IS REG SOURCE OF SOME OF THE BEST FRUIT & WINES
- WALKER BAY
- ELGIN
- ELIM
WALKER BAY-CAPE SOUTH COAST
THE MOST ESTABLISHED VIN AREA IS THIS DISTRICT, CONTAINS THE VARIOUS WARDS OF HEMEL-EN-AARDE
- THIS HAS LONG BEEN HOME TO SOME OF S.A BEST CHARDONNAYS, PINOT NOIRS
- OTHER VAR:SAUV.BLANC, MERLOT & SYRAH GROWN EQUAL SUCCESS
ELGIN-CAPE SOUTH COAST
- THE NORTH-WEST OF WALKER BAY IS THE ELGIN DISTRICT
- ALTITUDE IS ANOTHER IMP COOLING INF
- IT HAS A PART REP FOR INTENSE, FRESH, SAUV.BLANC & IS SHOWING PROMISE FOR PINOT NOIR, CHARDONNAY, SYRAH
