Winery Julien SchaalMountain Vineyard Syrah
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The Mountain Vineyard Syrah of the Winery Julien Schaal is in the top 20 of wines of Elgin.
Taste structure of the Mountain Vineyard Syrah from the Winery Julien Schaal
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Mountain Vineyard Syrah of Winery Julien Schaal in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Mountain Vineyard Syrah of Winery Julien Schaal in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of cherry, blackberry or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of raspberry, cranberry or pepper.
Food and wine pairings with Mountain Vineyard Syrah
Pairings that work perfectly with Mountain Vineyard Syrah
Original food and wine pairings with Mountain Vineyard Syrah
The Mountain Vineyard Syrah of Winery Julien Schaal matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of savoyard matafans, lamb tagine with apricots (morocco) or rabbit with cider and prunes.
Details and technical informations about Winery Julien Schaal's Mountain Vineyard Syrah.
Discover the grape variety: Zweigelt
Intraspecific crossing between the saint laurent and the limberger realized in 1922 and in Austria by Fritz Zweigelt (1888/1964) who named it rotburger. Very well known in Austria, it can be found in most Eastern countries, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, the United States, etc. In France, it is not very well known and yet this variety has interesting qualities when vinified as a single variety for both red and rosé wines. - Synonyms: rotburger, klosterneuburger, zweigelt blau, blauer-zweigelt in Germany, zweigeltrebe in Austria, Great Britain and the Czech Republic, blauer zwelgetrabe in Hungary, etc. (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here !)
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Mountain Vineyard Syrah from Winery Julien Schaal are 2013, 2016, 2018, 2008 and 2012.
Informations about the Winery Julien Schaal
The Winery Julien Schaal is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 49 wines for sale in the of Elgin to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Courgée
Name of the fruiting branch left after pruning and which is then arched along the trellis in the Jura (in the Mâconnais, it is called the tail).
