Winery The Grinder - The Milkwood Shiraz - Viognier

Winery The GrinderThe Milkwood Shiraz - Viognier

3.5
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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 Milkwood Shiraz - Viognier of Winery The Grinder is a red wine from the region 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 Milkwood Shiraz - Viognier from the Winery The Grinder

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the The Milkwood Shiraz - Viognier of Winery The Grinder 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 Milkwood Shiraz - Viognier of Winery The Grinder in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery The Grinder's The Milkwood Shiraz - Viognier.

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

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

Last vintages of this wine

The Milkwood Shiraz - Viognier - 2017
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.411100
The Milkwood Shiraz - Viognier - 2016
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
The Milkwood Shiraz - Viognier - 2015
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.211100
The Milkwood Shiraz - Viognier - 2014
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.411100
The Milkwood Shiraz - Viognier - 2013
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
The Milkwood Shiraz - Viognier - 2012
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
The Milkwood Shiraz - Viognier - 2011
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50

The best vintages of The Milkwood Shiraz - Viognier from Winery The Grinder are 2009, 2016, 2013, 2012 and 2011.

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 Western Cape

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

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 4000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 3000 of of Western Cape wines
In the top 90000 of red wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

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: Consistency

In tasting, it is the equivalent of chewing (the chewiness of a tannic red wine is also mentioned). We then speak of firmness, fluidity, softness, hardness, and why not the crunchiness of an early wine by reference to the grape.

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