Winery JakkalsvleiMount Cuvée Pinotage - Merlot
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Pinotage and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Mount Cuvée Pinotage - Merlot of Winery Jakkalsvlei in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Mount Cuvée Pinotage - Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with Mount Cuvée Pinotage - Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with Mount Cuvée Pinotage - Merlot
The Mount Cuvée Pinotage - Merlot of Winery Jakkalsvlei matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of couscous without couscous maker, cassoulet of the sea or chicken blanquette.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jakkalsvlei's Mount Cuvée Pinotage - Merlot.
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 Mount Cuvée Pinotage - Merlot from Winery Jakkalsvlei are 2019, 2016, 2014, 2018 and 2015.
Informations about the Winery Jakkalsvlei
The Winery Jakkalsvlei is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 26 wines for sale in the of Herbertsdale to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Herbertsdale
The wine region of Herbertsdale is located in the region of Cape South Coast of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jakkalsvlei or the Domaine Jakkalsvlei produce mainly wines red, white and natural sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Herbertsdale are Pinotage, Merlot and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Herbertsdale often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red 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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