Winery Highlands Road - Ruadh Merlot - Shiraz

Winery Highlands RoadRuadh Merlot - 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 Ruadh Merlot - Shiraz of Winery Highlands Road is a red wine from the region of Elgin of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Details and technical informations about Winery Highlands Road's Ruadh Merlot - Shiraz.

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

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Last vintages of this wine

Ruadh Merlot - Shiraz - 2011
In the top 100 of of Elgin wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50

The best vintages of Ruadh Merlot - Shiraz from Winery Highlands Road are 2011

Informations about the Winery Highlands Road

The winery offers 12 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Elgin in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Highlands Road is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Elgin to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 9500 of of South Africa wines
In the top 200 of of Elgin wines
In the top 250000 of red wines
In the top 400000 wines of the world

The wine region of Elgin

The wine region of Elgin is located in the region of Cape South Coast of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Paul Cluver or the Domaine Matthew Van Heerden produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Elgin are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Elgin often reveals types of flavors of cream, stone fruit or cheese and sometimes also flavors of quince, beeswax or citrus zest.


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: Anthocyanins

Phenolic compounds present in the skin of grapes that give colour to red wines during maceration.

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