Winery Fairview - Broken Barrel Pinotage - Durif

Winery FairviewBroken Barrel Pinotage - Durif

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Broken Barrel Pinotage - Durif of Winery Fairview is a red wine from the region of Western Cape.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Durif and the Pinotage.
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 Broken Barrel Pinotage - Durif from the Winery Fairview

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Broken Barrel Pinotage - Durif of Winery Fairview in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, dark chocolate

On the nose the Broken Barrel Pinotage - Durif of Winery Fairview in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of oaky, blackberry or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of plum, earth or oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Fairview's Broken Barrel Pinotage - Durif.

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

Discover the grape variety: Durif

Durif noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Dauphiné). 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 medium-sized bunches and small grapes. Durif noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

Last vintages of this wine

Broken Barrel Pinotage - Durif - 2017
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Broken Barrel Pinotage - Durif from Winery Fairview are 2017

Informations about the Winery Fairview

The winery offers 115 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Fairview is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 99 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 1500 of of South Africa wines
In the top 900 of of Western Cape wines
In the top 35000 of red wines
In the top 50000 wines of the world

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: Venaison

Applied to the bouquet of a wine reminiscent of the smell of big game.

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