Winery Drostdy-Hof - Pinotage

Winery Drostdy-HofPinotage

3.4
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Pinotage of Winery Drostdy-Hof is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the Pinotage from the Winery Drostdy-Hof

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Pinotage of Winery Drostdy-Hof in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, caramel

On the nose the Pinotage of Winery Drostdy-Hof in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of cherry, plum or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Drostdy-Hof's Pinotage.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
13.49°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Pinotage

An intraspecific cross between pinot noir and cinsaut called hermitage, obtained in South Africa in 1925 by Professor Abraham Izak Perold. Since then, it has been propagated in Africa, New Zealand, Australia, the United States (California), Canada, Brazil, Israel, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties on the A1 list. - Synonymy: none to date (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).

Last vintages of this wine

Pinotage - 2017
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Pinotage - 2016
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Pinotage - 2015
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Pinotage - 2014
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.211100
Pinotage - 2013
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Pinotage - 2012
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.211100
Pinotage - 2011
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 311100

The best vintages of Pinotage from Winery Drostdy-Hof are 2017, 2013, 2016, 2015 and 2014.

Informations about the Winery Drostdy-Hof

The winery offers 38 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.2.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Drostdy-Hof is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 39 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 4500 of of South Africa wines
In the top 1500 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 200000 wines of the world

The wine region of Stellenbosch

The wine region of Stellenbosch is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. We currently count 582 estates and châteaux in the of Stellenbosch, producing 3443 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Stellenbosch go well with generally quite well with dishes .


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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The word of the wine: Drawing (liqueur de)

In champagne and sparkling wines of traditional method, addition to the wine, at the time of bottling (tirage) of sugars and yeasts dissolved in wine. These components will provoke the second fermentation in the bottle leading to the formation of carbon dioxide bubbles.

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