Winery Blaauwklippen - Zinfandel

Winery BlaauwklippenZinfandel

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 Zinfandel of Winery Blaauwklippen is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or goat cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Zinfandel of Winery Blaauwklippen in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices.

Details and technical informations about Winery Blaauwklippen's Zinfandel.

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

Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel

From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.

Last vintages of this wine

Zinfandel - 2018
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Zinfandel - 2017
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Zinfandel - 2016
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Zinfandel - 2015
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Zinfandel - 2013
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Zinfandel - 2012
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Zinfandel - 2011
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50

The best vintages of Zinfandel from Winery Blaauwklippen are 2018, 2012, 2008, 2016 and 2013.

Informations about the Winery Blaauwklippen

The winery offers 58 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Blaauwklippen is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 55 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 3000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 1000 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 70000 of red wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of Stellenbosch

The wine region of Stellenbosch is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. We currently count 582 estates and châteaux in the of Stellenbosch, producing 3443 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Stellenbosch go well with generally quite well with dishes .


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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The word of the wine: Smoked

Qualifier of smells close to those of smoked food, characteristic, among other things, of the Sauvignon grape variety; hence the name of smoked white given to this variety.

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