Winery Graham Beck - The Game Reserve Shiraz

Winery Graham BeckThe Game Reserve Shiraz

3.7
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The The Game Reserve Shiraz of Winery Graham Beck is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch 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).

Taste structure of the The Game Reserve Shiraz from the Winery Graham Beck

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the The Game Reserve Shiraz of Winery Graham Beck 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 The Game Reserve Shiraz of Winery Graham Beck in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or spices.

Details and technical informations about Winery Graham Beck's The Game Reserve Shiraz.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.65°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Mara

Intraspecific cross between gamay noir and reichensteiner obtained in 1970 by André Jacquinet at the Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil research station (Switzerland). From these same parents he also obtained the gamaret and the garanoir. It should not be confused with the Romanian direct producer hybrid, also black, resulting from an interspecific cross between 12 303 Seyve-Villard and ozana. Mara is mainly cultivated in Switzerland and is virtually unknown in France.

Last vintages of this wine

The Game Reserve Shiraz - 2019
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
The Game Reserve Shiraz - 2016
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.411100
The Game Reserve Shiraz - 2015
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
The Game Reserve Shiraz - 2014
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
The Game Reserve Shiraz - 2013
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
The Game Reserve Shiraz - 2012
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
The Game Reserve Shiraz - 2011
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of The Game Reserve Shiraz from Winery Graham Beck are 1983, 2009, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

Informations about the Winery Graham Beck

The winery offers 78 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Graham Beck is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 86 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 2500 of of South Africa wines
In the top 2500 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 55000 of red wines
In the top 85000 wines of the world

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.

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The word of the wine: Acerbe

Acidic taste with a certain astringency reminiscent of unripe fruit.

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