Winery The Grinder - Heart of Africa Dry Red

Winery The GrinderHeart of Africa Dry Red

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Heart of Africa Dry Red of Winery The Grinder is a red wine from the region of Paarl of Western Cape.
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Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Heart of Africa Dry Red of Winery The Grinder in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery The Grinder's Heart of Africa Dry Red.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Mondeuse noire

Cultivated for a very long time in Savoie, it is not the black form of mondeuse blanche and Mondeuse grise is a natural mutation of mondeuse noire. According to Thierry Lacombe (I.N.R.A./Montpellier), the latter is the result of a natural intraspecific crossing between the black tressot and the white mondeuse. Mondeuse grise and Mondeuse noire are both registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.

Last vintages of this wine

Heart of Africa Dry Red - 2017
In the top 100 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Heart of Africa Dry Red - 2014
In the top 100 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50

The best vintages of Heart of Africa Dry Red from Winery The Grinder are 2017, 2014

Informations about the Winery The Grinder

The winery offers 13 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Paarl in the region of Western Cape

The Winery The Grinder is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Paarl to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 8000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 5000 of of Paarl wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 300000 wines of the world

The wine region of Paarl

The wine region of Paarl is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vilafonté or the Domaine La Motte Wine Estate produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Paarl are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Paarl often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, prune or eucalyptus and sometimes also flavors of mocha, cranberry or strawberries.


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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