Winery HillcrestSaartjie Vineyard Selection Petit Verdot
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Saartjie Vineyard Selection Petit Verdot of Winery Hillcrest in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak.
Food and wine pairings with Saartjie Vineyard Selection Petit Verdot
Pairings that work perfectly with Saartjie Vineyard Selection Petit Verdot
Original food and wine pairings with Saartjie Vineyard Selection Petit Verdot
The Saartjie Vineyard Selection Petit Verdot of Winery Hillcrest matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of mexican beef tacos or beetroot and potato gratin.
Details and technical informations about Winery Hillcrest's Saartjie Vineyard Selection Petit Verdot.
Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot
Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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 small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Saartjie Vineyard Selection Petit Verdot from Winery Hillcrest are 2017, 0, 2018
Informations about the Winery Hillcrest
The Winery Hillcrest is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of Cape Town to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Cape Town
The wine region of Cape Town is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine De Grendel or the Domaine Durbanville Hills produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cape Town are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cape Town often reveals types of flavors of cherry, black fruit or microbio and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, floral or citrus fruit.
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: Over-ripeness
Characteristic of grapes harvested late, rich in sugar, which give wines often mellow and marked by candied aromas.
