Winery Franschhoek CellarFreedom Cross Pinotage
Red wine
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 Freedom Cross Pinotage from the Winery Franschhoek Cellar
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Freedom Cross Pinotage of Winery Franschhoek Cellar in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Freedom Cross Pinotage of Winery Franschhoek Cellar in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Freedom Cross Pinotage
Pairings that work perfectly with Freedom Cross Pinotage
Original food and wine pairings with Freedom Cross Pinotage
The Freedom Cross Pinotage of Winery Franschhoek Cellar matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of fleischnacka leaf, rabbit with mustard and tomatoes or chinese fondue.
Details and technical informations about Winery Franschhoek Cellar's Freedom Cross 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 Freedom Cross Pinotage from Winery Franschhoek Cellar are 2017, 2014, 2019, 2018 and 2015.
Informations about the Winery Franschhoek Cellar
The Winery Franschhoek Cellar is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 35 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Reims Mountain
Between Épernay and Reims, a large limestone massif with varied soils and exposure where pinot noir reigns supreme. Ambonnay, Bouzy, Verzenay, Verzy, etc., are equivalent to the Burgundian Gevrey-Chambertin and Vosne-Romanée. There are also great Chardonnays, which are rarer (Mailly, Marmery, Trépail, Villers).
