Winery Fort SimonFortress Hill Reserve Merlot - Pinotage
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Pinotage and the Merlot.
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 Fortress Hill Reserve Merlot - Pinotage from the Winery Fort Simon
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Fortress Hill Reserve Merlot - Pinotage of Winery Fort Simon in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
Food and wine pairings with Fortress Hill Reserve Merlot - Pinotage
Pairings that work perfectly with Fortress Hill Reserve Merlot - Pinotage
Original food and wine pairings with Fortress Hill Reserve Merlot - Pinotage
The Fortress Hill Reserve Merlot - Pinotage of Winery Fort Simon matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of beef colombo bourguignon style, duck stew with cahors wine or chicken curry with coconut milk and cashew nuts.
Details and technical informations about Winery Fort Simon's Fortress Hill Reserve Merlot - Pinotage.
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
The best vintages of Fortress Hill Reserve Merlot - Pinotage from Winery Fort Simon are 0
Informations about the Winery Fort Simon
The Winery Fort Simon is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 29 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: Fermentation
The process by which grape juice becomes wine, thanks to the action of yeasts that transform sugar into alcohol.
