Winery Allée BleueOld Vine Pinotage

Red wine of Western Cape of South Africa

4.1

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.

The Old Vine Pinotage of Winery Allée Bleue is a red wine from the region of Western Cape.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the Old Vine Pinotage from the Winery Allée Bleue

Light		Bold
Smooth		Tannic
Dry		Sweet
Soft		Acidic

In the mouth the Old Vine Pinotage of Winery Allée Bleue in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

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On the nose the Old Vine Pinotage of Winery Allée Bleue in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Old Vine Pinotage

Pairings that work perfectly with Old Vine Pinotage

Original food and wine pairings with Old Vine Pinotage

The Old Vine Pinotage of Winery Allée Bleue matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of german recipe for marinated meat: sauerbraten, duck breast with honey and raspberry vinegar or chicken on a bed of summer vegetables.

Details and technical informations about Winery Allée Bleue's Old Vine Pinotage.

Winery

Winery Allée Bleue

Grape varieties

Pinotage

Region/Great wine region

Western Cape

Country

South Africa

Style of wine

Red

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Pinotage

An intraspecific cross between pinot noir and cinsaut called hermitage, obtained in South Africa in 1925 by Professor Abraham Izak Perold. Since then, it has been propagated in Africa, New Zealand, Australia, the United States (California), Canada, Brazil, Israel, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties on the A1 list. - Synonymy: none to date (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).

Last vintages of this wine

Old Vine Pinotage - 2016

In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines

Average rating: 4.3

The best vintages of Old Vine Pinotage from Winery Allée Bleue are 2016

Informations about the Winery Allée Bleue

The winery offers 25 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.

This winery is part of the Allée Bleue.

It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Allée Bleue is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 8000 of of South Africa wines

In the top 8000 of of Western Cape wines

In the top 200000 of red wines

In the top 300000 wines of the world

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.

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