Winery De Krans - Cape Vintage Reserve

Winery De KransCape Vintage Reserve

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Cape Vintage Reserve of Winery De Krans 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.
The Cape Vintage Reserve of the Winery De Krans is in the top 5 of wines of Calitzdorp.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Cape Vintage Reserve of Winery De Krans in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or black fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Cape Vintage Reserve

Pairings that work perfectly with Cape Vintage Reserve

Original food and wine pairings with Cape Vintage Reserve

The Cape Vintage Reserve of Winery De Krans matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of spanish stew (cocido) or cantalian patranque !.

Details and technical informations about Winery De Krans's Cape Vintage Reserve.

Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
19°
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 Vintage Reserve - 2017
In the top 5 of of Calitzdorp wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Cape Vintage Reserve - 2016
In the top 5 of of Calitzdorp wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Cape Vintage Reserve - 2015
In the top 5 of of Calitzdorp wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Cape Vintage Reserve - 2014
In the top 5 of of Calitzdorp wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Cape Vintage Reserve - 2013
In the top 5 of of Calitzdorp wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Cape Vintage Reserve - 2012
In the top 5 of of Calitzdorp wines
Average rating: 411110
Cape Vintage Reserve - 2011
In the top 5 of of Calitzdorp wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Cape Vintage Reserve from Winery De Krans are 2009, 2017, 2015, 2007 and 2014.

Informations about the Winery De Krans

The winery offers 47 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Calitzdorp in the region of Western Cape

The Winery De Krans is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 47 wines for sale in the of Calitzdorp to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 450 of of South Africa wines
In the top 3 of of Calitzdorp wines
In the top 350 of natural sweet wines
In the top 20000 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: Wine vinegar

Product of acetic fermentation of wine.

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