Winery Boplaas - The Portuguese Connection Tinta Chocolat

Winery BoplaasThe Portuguese Connection Tinta Chocolat

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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 Portuguese Connection Tinta Chocolat of Winery Boplaas is a red wine from the region of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

chocolate, oak

Wine with earth taste

cocoa, leather

Wine with spices taste

aniseed

On the nose the The Portuguese Connection Tinta Chocolat of Winery Boplaas in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of cherry, chocolate or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black plum, spices or oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Boplaas's The Portuguese Connection Tinta Chocolat.

Grape varieties
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

The Portuguese Connection Tinta Chocolat - 2017
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
The Portuguese Connection Tinta Chocolat - 2016
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
The Portuguese Connection Tinta Chocolat - 2015
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
The Portuguese Connection Tinta Chocolat - 2014
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
The Portuguese Connection Tinta Chocolat - 2013
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
The Portuguese Connection Tinta Chocolat - 2012
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.411100
The Portuguese Connection Tinta Chocolat - 2011
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.311100

The best vintages of The Portuguese Connection Tinta Chocolat from Winery Boplaas are 2016, 2015, 2017, 2014 and 2013.

Informations about the Winery Boplaas

The winery offers 63 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 Western Cape

The Winery Boplaas is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 65 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 3500 of of South Africa wines
In the top 3500 of of Western Cape wines
In the top 80000 of red wines
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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: Fleshy

Said of a wine that gives the impression of being dense and smooth, a bit like biting into the flesh of a ripe fruit.

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