Winery Chalk Hill - Sidetrack

Winery Chalk HillSidetrack

3.4
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Sidetrack of Winery Chalk Hill is a red wine from the region of McLaren Vale of Australie du Sud.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Details and technical informations about Winery Chalk Hill's Sidetrack.

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

Discover the grape variety: Plavac mali

Croatian Dalmatia more precisely. It can also be found in Greece (Macedonia), Montenegro, Italy, Bulgaria and Romania. According to genetic analyses conducted by the California University of Davis (United States), it is the result of an intraspecific cross between zinfandel (called crljenak kastelanski or pribidag in Croatia) and dobricic, another Croatian grape variety that is now somewhat endangered. - Synonyms: pagadebit veliki, sarak, zelenak (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!).

Last vintages of this wine

Sidetrack - 2012
In the top 100 of of McLaren Vale wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Sidetrack - 2011
In the top 100 of of McLaren Vale wines
Average rating: 3.211100
Sidetrack - 2010
In the top 100 of of McLaren Vale wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50

The best vintages of Sidetrack from Winery Chalk Hill are 2012, 2010, 2011

Informations about the Winery Chalk Hill

The winery offers 26 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This winery is part of the Chalk Hill.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in McLaren Vale in the region of Australie du Sud

The Winery Chalk Hill is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of McLaren Vale to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Australie du Sud
In the top 15000 of of Australia wines
In the top 850 of of McLaren Vale wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 300000 wines of the world

The wine region of McLaren Vale

The wine region of McLaren Vale is located in the region of Fleurieu of Australie du Sud of Australia. We currently count 599 estates and châteaux in the of McLaren Vale, producing 2626 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of McLaren Vale go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Australie du Sud

SouthAustralia is one of Australia's six states, located (as the name suggests) in the south of the vast island continent. It's the engine room of the Australian wine industry, responsible for about half of the country's total production each year. But there's more to the region than quantity - countless high-quality wines are produced here, most from the region's signature Grape, Shiraz. These include such fine, collectible wines as Penfolds Grange, Henschke Hill of Grace, Torbreck The Laird and d'Arenberg The Dead Arm.

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The word of the wine: Solid

A full-bodied wine, rich in tannins and probably with good ageing potential.

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