Winery Groot GelukMerlot - Pinotage
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Pinotage and the Merlot.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
Taste structure of the Merlot - Pinotage from the Winery Groot Geluk
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Merlot - Pinotage of Winery Groot Geluk in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
Food and wine pairings with Merlot - Pinotage
Pairings that work perfectly with Merlot - Pinotage
Original food and wine pairings with Merlot - Pinotage
The Merlot - Pinotage of Winery Groot Geluk matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of beef tongue with mushrooms, rabbit with cider and prunes or christmas stuffed capon.
Details and technical informations about Winery Groot Geluk's Merlot - 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 Merlot - Pinotage from Winery Groot Geluk are 0
Informations about the Winery Groot Geluk
The Winery Groot Geluk is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 17 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: Clone
A vine propagated from a single specimen (by cuttings or grafting), as opposed to mass selection, which starts from a family of vines.
