Winery Eikendal - Cuvée Rouge Shiraz - Petit Verdot

Winery EikendalCuvée Rouge Shiraz - Petit Verdot

3.7
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Cuvée Rouge Shiraz - Petit Verdot of Winery Eikendal is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Cuvée Rouge Shiraz - Petit Verdot of Winery Eikendal in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, citrus fruit or red fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Eikendal's Cuvée Rouge Shiraz - Petit Verdot.

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

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

Cuvée Rouge Shiraz - Petit Verdot - 2016
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.211100
Cuvée Rouge Shiraz - Petit Verdot - 2015
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Cuvée Rouge Shiraz - Petit Verdot - 2014
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 411110
Cuvée Rouge Shiraz - Petit Verdot - 2013
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Cuvée Rouge Shiraz - Petit Verdot - 2012
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Cuvée Rouge Shiraz - Petit Verdot - 2010
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50

The best vintages of Cuvée Rouge Shiraz - Petit Verdot from Winery Eikendal are 2014, 2015, 2013, 2012 and 2010.

Informations about the Winery Eikendal

The winery offers 38 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Eikendal is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 36 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 3000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 3000 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 65000 of red wines
In the top 100000 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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