Winery Ken Forrester - Fijndraai Van Coller Shiraz - Grenache - Durif

Winery Ken ForresterFijndraai Van Coller Shiraz - Grenache - Durif

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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 Fijndraai Van Coller Shiraz - Grenache - Durif of Winery Ken Forrester is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Fijndraai Van Coller Shiraz - Grenache - Durif of Winery Ken Forrester in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or dried fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Ken Forrester's Fijndraai Van Coller Shiraz - Grenache - Durif.

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

Discover the grape variety: Durif

Durif noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Dauphiné). 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 medium-sized bunches and small grapes. Durif noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

Last vintages of this wine

Fijndraai Van Coller Shiraz - Grenache - Durif - 2015
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Fijndraai Van Coller Shiraz - Grenache - Durif - 2012
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Fijndraai Van Coller Shiraz - Grenache - Durif - 2011
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Fijndraai Van Coller Shiraz - Grenache - Durif from Winery Ken Forrester are 2011, 2012, 2015

Informations about the Winery Ken Forrester

The winery offers 62 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This winery is part of the AdVini.
It is in the top 35 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Ken Forrester is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 63 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 6500 of of South Africa wines
In the top 2000 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Stellenbosch

The wine region of Stellenbosch is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. We currently count 582 estates and châteaux in the of Stellenbosch, producing 3443 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Stellenbosch go well with generally quite well with dishes .


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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