Winery Dornier - The Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red

Winery DornierThe Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red

3.5
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
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The The Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red of Winery Dornier is a red wine from the region of Western Cape.
This wine is a blend of 6 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon, the Malbec, the Petit Verdot, the Tempranillo and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

chocolate, vanilla

Wine with spices taste

pepper, eucalyptus

Wine with earth taste

cocoa, smoke

On the nose the The Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red of Winery Dornier in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of smoke, mint or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, oak or earth.

Details and technical informations about Winery Dornier's The Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red.

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

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Last vintages of this wine

The Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red - 2018
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
The Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red - 2017
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
The Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red - 2016
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.211100
The Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red - 2015
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
The Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red - 2013
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.411100
The Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red - 2012
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
The Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red - 2011
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.311100

The best vintages of The Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red from Winery Dornier are 2009, 2018, 2017, 2015 and 2012.

Informations about the Winery Dornier

The winery offers 27 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Dornier is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 27 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 4000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 1500 of of Western Cape wines
In the top 90000 of red wines
In the top 150000 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.

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