Winery 1659 - Founder's Selection

Winery 1659Founder's Selection

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Founder's Selection of Winery 1659 is a red wine from the region of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Founder's Selection of Winery 1659 in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery 1659's Founder's Selection.

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

Discover the grape variety: Roi des blancs

Interspecific crossing carried out in 1891 by Fernand Gaillard (1821-1905) between (triumph x eumelan) and 1 Seibel. This direct-producing hybrid was multiplied in particular in the south-west and centre-west of France as well as in the departments of the Rhône valley and the Ain.

Last vintages of this wine

Founder's Selection - 2017
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Founder's Selection - 0
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.411100

The best vintages of Founder's Selection from Winery 1659 are 2017, 0

Informations about the Winery 1659

The winery offers 14 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery 1659 is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 14 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 20000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 20000 of of Western Cape wines
In the top 450000 of red wines
In the top 800000 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.

The word of the wine: Clear

Said of a wine that is clear and brilliant in colour and contains no suspended matter.

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