Winery Constantia UitsigRed Muscat d'Alexandrie
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with spicy food and sweet desserts.
The Red Muscat d'Alexandrie of the Winery Constantia Uitsig is in the top 90 of wines of Constantia.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Red Muscat d'Alexandrie of Winery Constantia Uitsig in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Red Muscat d'Alexandrie
Pairings that work perfectly with Red Muscat d'Alexandrie
Original food and wine pairings with Red Muscat d'Alexandrie
The Red Muscat d'Alexandrie of Winery Constantia Uitsig matches generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of coconut chicken or very simple muffins.
Details and technical informations about Winery Constantia Uitsig's Red Muscat d'Alexandrie.
Discover the grape variety: Saint Pépin
Direct producer hybrid resulting from an interspecific cross between 114 E.S. (78 Minnesota x rosette or 1000 Seibel) and white seyval or 5-276 Seyve-Villard) obtained in 1971 in Osceala (United States Wisconsin) by Elmer Swenson (1913-2004). It can be found in North America, Midwest region, in Canada (Quebec, ...), in Eastern countries such as Russia, ... in France it is almost unknown.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Red Muscat d'Alexandrie from Winery Constantia Uitsig are 0
Informations about the Winery Constantia Uitsig
The Winery Constantia Uitsig is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Constantia to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Constantia
The wine region of Constantia is located in the region of Cape Town of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Klein Constantia or the Domaine Groot Constantia produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Constantia are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Constantia often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, leather or potpourri and sometimes also flavors of citrus blossom, earthy or blackberry.
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.
The word of the wine: Varietal
Said of wine aromas that are reminiscent of fresh grapes. The most demonstrative example is certainly that of wines made from the Muscat grape variety.
