Winery Cape Maclear - Red Blend

Winery Cape MaclearRed Blend

3.5
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Red Blend of Winery Cape Maclear is a red wine from the region of Western Cape.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Pinotage and the Merlot.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the Red Blend from the Winery Cape Maclear

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Red Blend of Winery Cape Maclear in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Red Blend of Winery Cape Maclear 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 or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Cape Maclear's Red Blend.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Pinotage

An intraspecific cross between pinot noir and cinsaut called hermitage, obtained in South Africa in 1925 by Professor Abraham Izak Perold. Since then, it has been propagated in Africa, New Zealand, Australia, the United States (California), Canada, Brazil, Israel, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties on the A1 list. - Synonymy: none to date (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).

Last vintages of this wine

Red Blend - 2019
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Red Blend - 2018
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Red Blend - 2016
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Red Blend - 2015
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Red Blend - 2014
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Red Blend - 2013
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.111100
Red Blend - 2012
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 311100

The best vintages of Red Blend from Winery Cape Maclear are 2018, 2019, 2016, 2015 and 2014.

Informations about the Winery Cape Maclear

The winery offers 5 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
This winery is part of the African Pride Wines.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Cape Maclear is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 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 4000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 4000 of of Western Cape wines
In the top 90000 of red wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

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: Baco 22A

A white grape variety resulting from the hybridization of the folle blanche and the noah. It is the only hybrid to remain authorized in a French appellation vineyard, that of Armagnac, where it thrives in particular on the tawny sands of Bas-Armagnac. When distilled, its wine produces round, smooth and aromatic eaux-de-vie with hints of ripe fruit.

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