Winery Ken Forrester - Petit Pinotage

Winery Ken ForresterPetit Pinotage

3.5
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Petit Pinotage of Winery Ken Forrester is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Pinotage.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the Petit Pinotage from the Winery Ken Forrester

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Petit Pinotage of Winery Ken Forrester in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

chocolate, tobacco

Wine with earth taste

smoke, earthy

Wine with spices taste

pepper, savory

Wine with microbio taste

banana, cheese

Wine with floral taste

violet

On the nose the Petit Pinotage of Winery Ken Forrester in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of cherry, microbio or white pepper and sometimes also flavors of prune, game or cheese.

Details and technical informations about Winery Ken Forrester's Petit Pinotage.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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

Petit Pinotage - 2019
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Petit Pinotage - 2018
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Petit Pinotage - 2017
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Petit Pinotage - 2016
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Petit Pinotage - 2015
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Petit Pinotage - 2014
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Petit Pinotage - 2013
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50

The best vintages of Petit Pinotage from Winery Ken Forrester are 2017, 2010, 2019, 2018 and 2016.

Informations about the Winery Ken Forrester

The winery offers 60 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This winery is part of the AdVini.
It is in the top 20 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 4000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 1500 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 90000 of red wines
In the top 150000 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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The word of the wine: Blanc de blancs (champagne)

Champagne made only from the Chardonnay grape. The expression has been somewhat overused by the intensive use made of it by certain large distributors of white table wines (or sparkling wines) who were thus seeking to promote their product.

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