Winery Elgin Ridge - MCC Sparkling

Winery Elgin RidgeMCC Sparkling

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The MCC Sparkling of Winery Elgin Ridge is a sparkling wine from the region of Elgin of Western Cape.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Chardonnay and the Pinot noir.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the MCC Sparkling of Winery Elgin Ridge in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices.

Details and technical informations about Winery Elgin Ridge's MCC Sparkling.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
12.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Last vintages of this wine

MCC Sparkling - 2013
In the top 100 of of Elgin wines
Average rating: 411110
MCC Sparkling - 2012
In the top 100 of of Elgin wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50

The best vintages of MCC Sparkling from Winery Elgin Ridge are 2013, 2012

Informations about the Winery Elgin Ridge

The winery offers 7 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Elgin in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Elgin Ridge is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Elgin to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 7000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 150 of of Elgin wines
In the top 25000 of sparkling wines
In the top 300000 wines of the world

The wine region of Elgin

The wine region of Elgin is located in the region of Cape South Coast of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Paul Cluver or the Domaine Matthew Van Heerden produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Elgin are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Elgin often reveals types of flavors of cream, stone fruit or cheese and sometimes also flavors of quince, beeswax or citrus zest.


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: Interknot

Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see merithallus).

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