Winery DiemersfonteinSummer's Lease Red Blend
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Mourvèdre and the Viognier.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Summer's Lease Red Blend of the Winery Diemersfontein is in the top 50 of wines of Wellington.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Summer's Lease Red Blend of Winery Diemersfontein 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 red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Summer's Lease Red Blend
Pairings that work perfectly with Summer's Lease Red Blend
Original food and wine pairings with Summer's Lease Red Blend
The Summer's Lease Red Blend of Winery Diemersfontein matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef kidney, shoulder of lamb on a bed of potatoes or salty crumble with courgettes, goat cheese and bacon.
Details and technical informations about Winery Diemersfontein's Summer's Lease Red Blend.
Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre
Powerful, deep reds with firm tannins and dense texture, showing aromas of blackberry, leather, garrigue, black pepper, liquorice and animal notes (game, forest floor) with age. Star of Bandol AOC as a single variety and pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas and Costières blends. Also in GSM in Languedoc and Australia. A late-ripening variety of Spanish origin (Mataró/Monastrell).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Summer's Lease Red Blend from Winery Diemersfontein are 2008, 2012, 2011, 0 and 2017.
Informations about the Winery Diemersfontein
The Winery Diemersfontein is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 46 wines for sale in the of Wellington to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Wellington
South African Cape Winelands district 60 km from Cape Town: Shiraz signature king red — concentrated and powerful with notes of blackberry, plum, black cherry, pepper, Mediterranean spices and smoky touch, firm tannins and velvety finish. Dense Cabernet Sauvignon and emblematic Pinotage (cherry, blackberry, coffee, smoke). Chenin Blanc and Viognier as fresh floral whites. WO, hot Mediterranean climate with mild winters, varied terroirs at the foot of the Hawekwa mountains, old vines.
The wine region of Western Cape
Cradle of South African wine. Signature Chenin Blanc (Steen, 20%) in ample, fresh whites with notes of quince, yellow apple, honey and acacia flower, from crisp dry to sweet. Sharp, iodised Sauvignon Blanc (Walker Bay, Constantia), balanced Chardonnay. Reds: emblematic Pinotage with roasted aromas (coffee, plum, smoke), firm Cabernet Sauvignon, spicy Syrah.
The word of the wine: Decommissioning
Removal of the right to the appellation of origin of a wine; it is then marketed as Vin de France.
