Winery DornierThe Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red
Red wine
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
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, vanilla or coffee and sometimes also flavors of plum, raspberry or pepper.
Food and wine pairings with The Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red
Pairings that work perfectly with The Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red
Original food and wine pairings with The Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red
The The Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red of Winery Dornier matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef mironton, grilled lamb shoulder with spices and honey or white cabbage with bacon.
Details and technical informations about Winery Dornier's The Pirate of Cocoa Hill Red.
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 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 Dornier is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 34 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Hybrid
Term designating grape varieties obtained from two different vine species.
