Winery Boplaas - Cape Ruby

Winery BoplaasCape Ruby

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Cape Ruby of Winery Boplaas is a natural sweet wine from the region of Calitzdorp of Western Cape.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca and the Touriga nacional.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

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

Details and technical informations about Winery Boplaas's Cape Ruby.

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

Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca

Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.

Last vintages of this wine

Cape Ruby - 2014
In the top 100 of of Calitzdorp wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50

The best vintages of Cape Ruby from Winery Boplaas are 2014

Informations about the Winery Boplaas

The winery offers 67 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Calitzdorp in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Boplaas is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 65 wines for sale in the of Calitzdorp 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 3000 of of Calitzdorp wines
In the top 1500 of natural sweet wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of Calitzdorp

The wine region of Calitzdorp is located in the region of Klein Karoo of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine De Krans or the Domaine De Krans produce mainly wines red, natural sweet and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Calitzdorp are Touriga nacional, Tinta Barroca and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Calitzdorp often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices.


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: Grand cru classé

In the Bordeaux region, this refers to certain châteaux in the Médoc and also in Saint-Émilion which are classified.

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