Western Cape Flashcards
Name the region of western Cape?
North to south
Olifants river Coastal region Breede river valley Klein Karoo Cape South Coast Boberg (only for fortified wines)
What is the district outside any region of western Cape?
Ceres plateau
What are the ward of western Cape with no district ?
Cederberg
Swartberg
Lamberts bay
Prince Albert valley
What is the specific chara of bodeberg region?
Fortified wine from the district of Paarl, franschlock, Wellington, tulbagh
What is the other name of steen?
Chenin Blanc
What are the main geographical features of western Cape?
Benguela current
The Cape doctor
What is Benguela current?
Flows North from Antartica to cool the coastal area
What is the Cape doctor?
A notoriously strong South East wind blowing across the western Cape throughout spring and summer
What are the districts of the coastal region.
Cape peninsula Darling Franschhoeck Paarl Stellenbosch Swartland Tulbagh Tygerberg Wellington
What are the wards of Cape peninsula?
Constantia
Hout Bay
What wine can you find in Cape peninsula?
Constantia well known for sweet dessert wine mad out of Muscat
Otherwise it’s SB chard, ries, sem, cabs, merl, syrah
Soil is granite and sandstone
Major Nat features table mountain, false bay and Atlantic Ocean
Name the wards of darling district
Groenekloof
What wines in darling district?
Chenin blc, sb, chard
Cabs, merlot, syrah, pinotage, cinsault
Soil, shale and granite
Major Nat features darling hills and atl Ocean
What wines in franschhoek valley district?
The wines can belong to coastal region and boberg river region
Wine styles, sparkling, dessert and fortified
Soils, sandstone and shale
Nat features: franschhoek, darkenstein and wemmershhoek mountain, berg river
Where are boschendal and graham beck producing wine from?
Coastal region, franschhoek valley district.