Winery AnkermanThe Referee Shiraz - Pinotage
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
Food and wine pairings with The Referee Shiraz - Pinotage
Pairings that work perfectly with The Referee Shiraz - Pinotage
Original food and wine pairings with The Referee Shiraz - Pinotage
The The Referee Shiraz - Pinotage of Winery Ankerman matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables, tajine of merguez and potatoes or duck breast in a crust.
Details and technical informations about Winery Ankerman's The Referee Shiraz - Pinotage.
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
The best vintages of The Referee Shiraz - Pinotage from Winery Ankerman are 2011, 0, 2013
Informations about the Winery Ankerman
The Winery Ankerman is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in the of Paarl to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Paarl
The wine region of Paarl is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vilafonté or the Domaine La Motte Wine Estate produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Paarl are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Paarl often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, prune or eucalyptus and sometimes also flavors of mocha, cranberry or strawberries.
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.
The word of the wine: Alcoholic fermentation
Transformation of sugars into alcohol under the effect of yeast. These yeasts exist in their natural state in the vineyards and in the cellars. Artificial seeding with selected yeasts is however very often practiced.
