Winery Avondale - Les Pleurs Merlot

Winery AvondaleLes Pleurs Merlot

4.2
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(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 Les Pleurs Merlot of Winery Avondale is a red wine from the region of Paarl of Western Cape.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or lamb.

Taste structure of the Les Pleurs Merlot from the Winery Avondale

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Les Pleurs Merlot of Winery Avondale in the region of Western Cape is a powerful.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Details and technical informations about Winery Avondale's Les Pleurs Merlot.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Last vintages of this wine

Les Pleurs Merlot - 2006
In the top 100 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Les Pleurs Merlot - 0
In the top 100 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Les Pleurs Merlot from Winery Avondale are 2006, 0

Informations about the Winery Avondale

The winery offers 45 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 20 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Paarl in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Avondale is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 44 wines for sale in the of Paarl to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 4000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 350 of of Paarl wines
In the top 90000 of red wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

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: Grape

Fruit of the vine in the form of bunches of grapes, also called berries, attached to the stalk. The grapes used to make wine are known as grape varieties, a generic word that designates many types of vine plant with their own characteristics.

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