Winery Babylon's PeakShiraz - Grenache
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Shiraz - Grenache of Winery Babylon's Peak in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Shiraz - Grenache
Pairings that work perfectly with Shiraz - Grenache
Original food and wine pairings with Shiraz - Grenache
The Shiraz - Grenache of Winery Babylon's Peak matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of alsatian bäckeoffe, traditional tunisian couscous or rougail sausage.
Details and technical informations about Winery Babylon's Peak's Shiraz - Grenache.
Discover the grape variety: Saint Macaire
An ancient Bordeaux grape variety that was once grown in the Gironde marshes. It is related to the Manseng Noir. Today, Saint Macaire is no longer present in the vineyard and is therefore in the process of disappearing. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Shiraz - Grenache from Winery Babylon's Peak are 2013, 2010, 2016, 2015 and 2018.
Informations about the Winery Babylon's Peak
The Winery Babylon's Peak is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of Swartland to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Swartland
The wine region of Swartland is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Sadie Family or the Domaine Sadie Family produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Swartland are Chenin blanc, Mourvèdre and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Swartland often reveals types of flavors of cherry, marmalade or cantaloupe and sometimes also flavors of chard, poire nashi or red cherry.
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: Free-run wine
The free-run wine is the wine that flows out of the vat by gravity at the time of running off. The marc soaked in wine is then pressed to extract a rich and tannic wine. Free-run wine and press wine are then aged separately and eventually blended by the winemaker in proportions defined according to the type of wine being made.
