Winery Douglas GreenCape Mountain Shiraz
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
Taste structure of the Cape Mountain Shiraz from the Winery Douglas Green
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Cape Mountain Shiraz of Winery Douglas Green in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Food and wine pairings with Cape Mountain Shiraz
Pairings that work perfectly with Cape Mountain Shiraz
Original food and wine pairings with Cape Mountain Shiraz
The Cape Mountain Shiraz of Winery Douglas Green matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of borscht (russia), merguez with lentils or wild boar leg of 7 hours.
Details and technical informations about Winery Douglas Green's Cape Mountain Shiraz.
Discover the grape variety: Cornalin du Valais
Very old vine cultivated in the Swiss Valais, resulting from a natural crossing between the petit rouge(*) and the mayolet. It is the father of red humagne, also called cornalin d'Aoste, the grandfather of durize or petit rouge du Valais or rouge de Fully and a relative of goron. - Synonymy: old red of Valais, red of the country in Switzerland, landroter (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!). - Description: medium-sized bunches, cylindrical, winged, compact, strong medium-sized peduncles with little lignification; medium-sized berries, spherical or short elliptical, skin of a beautiful bluish black colour with a lot of bloom. The foliage turns completely red in the fall. - Production potential: early budding in the year. Capricious and difficult variety. Particularly likes the limestone soils of well exposed hillsides that warm up quickly enough, lean and well drained. Semi-erect bearing, vigorous with irregular production. Resists well to winter frosts. Susceptible to the main diseases, especially to oidium and grey rot. Also susceptible to magnesium deficiency and stalk dehydration. Maturity: 3rd early season
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cape Mountain Shiraz from Winery Douglas Green are 2013, 2015, 2011, 0
Informations about the Winery Douglas Green
The Winery Douglas Green is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 56 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: Skinny
Thin and lacking in substance in the mouth.
