Winery Hillcrest - Saartjie Vineyard Selection Petit Verdot

Winery HillcrestSaartjie Vineyard Selection Petit Verdot

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Saartjie Vineyard Selection Petit Verdot of Winery Hillcrest is a red wine from the region of Cape Town of Western Cape.
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 beef with panang curry (red curry) or walnut and roquefort tart.

Details and technical informations about Winery Hillcrest's Saartjie Vineyard Selection Petit Verdot.

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

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

Saartjie Vineyard Selection Petit Verdot - 2018
In the top 100 of of Cape Town wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Saartjie Vineyard Selection Petit Verdot - 2017
In the top 100 of of Cape Town wines
Average rating: 4.411110

The best vintages of Saartjie Vineyard Selection Petit Verdot from Winery Hillcrest are 2017, 2018

Informations about the Winery Hillcrest

The winery offers 20 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Cape Town in the region of Western Cape

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.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 4000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 2500 of of Cape Town wines
In the top 85000 of red wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

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.

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