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South Africa Wines Checked Flashcards

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SA Cabernet Sauvignon

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Most widely planted - Small berries

Used as a varietal or Bordeaux Blends blend with Merlot & Cabernet Franc

Deep Color, Medium Full Body, Tannic Early Drinking

Ripe Red & Black Fruit, Blackcurrant, Cedar from Oak

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SA Merlot

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Early Flowering & Ripening (in SA)

Full Bodied

Plummy Wines similar to Pomerol

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SA Hot Climate Syrah

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Cooler Syrah

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Widely Planted, Rich, Full Body, High Alcohol

Late budding but doesnt ripen too late

Ripe Black Fruit, Earthy or Meaty Character

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Less Full Body, Elegant & Peppery

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Pinotage

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Pinot Noir X Cinsault

Range of Style - rarely grown anywhere else

Cape Blend - with international varieties 30-70% Pinotage

  1. Light, Fruity, Red Berry
  2. Full Body (old bush vines) Rich, Spiced Berry fruit
  3. When used fermented or aged with Heavily Toasted Oak Staves = Intense coffee and chocolate aromas when fermented and/or stored with heavily toasted oak staves
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SA Chenin Blanc (Steen) - Complex

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World’s most versatile grape - Early budding, Later rippening

Old vines

High Acidity (susceptible to Noble Rot), Apple, Floral, Honey

From Barrel Ageing - Concentrated & Complex flavors, Fuller Texture - Extra Body & Toast Oak flavors

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SA Chenin Blanc - Basic

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Most Widely Planted - Early bud / Late ripen

Dry & Sweet

High Natural Acidity

Simple Stone Fruit

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SA Colombard

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2nd most widely planted

Production of Brandy

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SA Sauvignon Blanc

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Herbaceous

Planted in Coolest Site - Buds Early / Ripens Early

Vigourous vine (use low vigor root stock + canopy managemnt)

Very Pure Citrus & Green Fruit, Grass, Elderflower

Keep High Acidity by picking early in warmer sites

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SA Chardonnay

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Can be exceptional at cooler sites (Walker Bay)

Burgandian style such as lees & Oak Barrel fermentation for complexity

Base for Cap Classique sparkling wines

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SA Muscat of Alexandria (Hanepoot)

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Called Hanepoot - not widely planted

Late Harvest Desert Wine

Floral & Intense Honey

Use Late Harvest and sometime Noble Rot

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SA Viognier

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Increased plantings

Rich, perfumed whites with a hint of toasty oak

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Swartland Blended Wines (Coastal Region)

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Emerging as High Quality blends

Known for old Vine Chenin Blanc

Dry Farmed without Irrigation

Blends - Chenin Blanc and Rhône varieties such as Marsanne, Rousanne, Grenache Blanc and Viognier

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Stellenbosch Blends (Coastal Region)

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Bordeaux Style - Cabernet Sauvignon + Merlot

Red Blends Style - Cabernet Sauvignon + Syrah

White varietirs in Higher altitudes make high quality Sauvignon Blanc & Chardonnay

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Vin de Constance

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Late-harvested Muscat in Constantia

Eastern Table Mountain

Oldest vines

Cooled by Cape Doctor

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Worcester Wine (Breed River Valley)

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Hot & Dry with irrigation from river + fertile soils produces a significant proportion of SA annual production

Mostly white Chenin Blanc & Colombard (mostly distilled)

Also reliable source for High Volume, Branded Red & White

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Elgin Sauvignon Blanc (Cape South Coast)

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Intense. Fresh

Dry, Med-Full Body

Green Apple & Wet Stone

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SA Elim Sauvignon Blanc (Cape South Coast)

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SavBlanc

Pungent, Herbaceous

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Hemel-en-Aarde, SA Wines (Cape South Coast)

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Home to SA’s best Chardonnay & Pinot Noir

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Constantia Wines (Coastal Region)

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South facing on Table Mountain

Exposed to Ocean Cooling

Specialty Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon

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Swartzland Syrah (Coastal District)

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High Quality Dry Farmed without irrigation

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Darling District Wines (Coastal Region)

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SW of Swartzland, near coast

Cooling sea breezes

Source of Old VInes

Known for Sauvignon Blanc

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Paarl Wines (Coastal Region)

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Large district to the north of Stellenbosch

Less cooling seas influence (further inland, higher temps)

Hotter summers, moderate night temps

Mountain terrain eg altitude

Growing mostly CabSav, Syrah, Pinotage and Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay

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Durbanville Ward Wine (Coastal Region)

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Tygerberg district north side of Cape Town

Cooled by sea breaze from Cape Point

Reputation for Sauvignon Blanc

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Robertson District Wines (Breed River Valley)

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East of Worcester & similar but slightly cooler climate

Syrah and Full-Bodied Chardonnay’s

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