Winery EikendalCuvée Rouge Shiraz - Merlot - Petit Verdot
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Petit Verdot and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Rouge Shiraz - Merlot - Petit Verdot
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Rouge Shiraz - Merlot - Petit Verdot
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Rouge Shiraz - Merlot - Petit Verdot
The Cuvée Rouge Shiraz - Merlot - Petit Verdot of Winery Eikendal matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tagliata with truffle oil, lamb in a crown with spring vegetables or rabbit and mushroom gibelotte.
Details and technical informations about Winery Eikendal's Cuvée Rouge Shiraz - Merlot - Petit Verdot.
Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot
Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée Rouge Shiraz - Merlot - Petit Verdot from Winery Eikendal are 2012, 2010, 0, 2014 and 2011.
Informations about the Winery Eikendal
The Winery Eikendal is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 36 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Vegetative cycle
All the different phases of the vine's development: winter rest period, budburst, inflorescence, flowering, fruit set, veraison, ripening.
