Winery Badenhorst - The Drifter Cinsault

Winery BadenhorstThe Drifter Cinsault

3.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The The Drifter Cinsault of Winery Badenhorst is a red wine from the region of Swartland of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the The Drifter Cinsault of Winery Badenhorst 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.

Details and technical informations about Winery Badenhorst's The Drifter Cinsault.

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

Discover the grape variety: Fernao Pires

In Portugal, it is one of the most planted white grape varieties, and we have found it to be very similar to the torrontés grown in Spain (Galicia). It can be found in Australia and South Africa, but is almost unknown in France.

Last vintages of this wine

The Drifter Cinsault - 2019
In the top 100 of of Swartland wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
The Drifter Cinsault - 2018
In the top 100 of of Swartland wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
The Drifter Cinsault - 2017
In the top 100 of of Swartland wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
The Drifter Cinsault - 2016
In the top 100 of of Swartland wines
Average rating: 3.411100

The best vintages of The Drifter Cinsault from Winery Badenhorst are 2018, 2017, 2019, 2016

Informations about the Winery Badenhorst

The winery offers 48 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 25 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Swartland in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Badenhorst is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 45 wines for sale in the of Swartland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 7000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 350 of of Swartland wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 300000 wines of the world

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.

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