Winery Highlands Road - Syrah

Winery Highlands RoadSyrah

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Syrah of Winery Highlands Road is a red wine from the region of Elgin of Western Cape.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the Syrah from the Winery Highlands Road

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Syrah of Winery Highlands Road in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Syrah of Winery Highlands Road in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of earth, spices or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Highlands Road's Syrah.

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

Discover the grape variety: Prior

Interspecific cross between Freiburg 4-61 (23-416 Joannès-Seyve x pinot noir) and Bronner made in 1987 by Norbert Becker of the Freiburg Research Institute in Germany. It has the particularity of having only one gene for resistance to mildew and powdery mildew. It can be found in Germany, but also in Switzerland, Belgium, ... and in France.

Last vintages of this wine

Syrah - 2015
In the top 100 of of Elgin wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50

The best vintages of Syrah from Winery Highlands Road are 2015

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 8500 of of South Africa wines
In the top 200 of of Elgin wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 350000 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: Trimming

A vineyard operation consisting of pruning the upper part of the branches after lifting, either manually or using a trimming machine attached to a high-clearance tractor.

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