Winery Giant Periwinkle - Sun Spider Pinotage

Winery Giant PeriwinkleSun Spider Pinotage

3.9
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Sun Spider Pinotage of Winery Giant Periwinkle is a red wine from the region of Overberg of Western Cape.
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).
The Sun Spider Pinotage of the Winery Giant Periwinkle is in the top 80 of wines of Overberg.

Taste structure of the Sun Spider Pinotage from the Winery Giant Periwinkle

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Sun Spider Pinotage of Winery Giant Periwinkle in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Details and technical informations about Winery Giant Periwinkle's Sun Spider Pinotage.

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

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!).

Informations about the Winery Giant Periwinkle

The winery offers 11 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Overberg in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Giant Periwinkle is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Overberg to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 15000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 90 of of Overberg wines
In the top 300000 of red wines
In the top 500000 wines of the world

The wine region of Overberg

The wine region of Overberg is located in the region of Cape South Coast of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Lismore or the Domaine Crystallum produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Overberg are Chardonnay, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Overberg often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, tropical fruit or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.


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: Malic (acid)

An acid that occurs naturally in many wines and is transformed into lactic acid during malolactic fermentation.

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