Winery Kleine Zalze - Family Reserve Shiraz

Winery Kleine ZalzeFamily Reserve Shiraz

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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 Family Reserve Shiraz of Winery Kleine Zalze is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
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 Family Reserve Shiraz of the Winery Kleine Zalze is in the top 80 of wines of Stellenbosch.

Taste structure of the Family Reserve Shiraz from the Winery Kleine Zalze

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Family Reserve Shiraz of Winery Kleine Zalze 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 Family Reserve Shiraz of Winery Kleine Zalze in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Kleine Zalze's Family Reserve Shiraz.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Feteasca neagra

A very old variety native to Romania, found much more in Romanian Moldavia and Wallachia, almost unknown in France, but registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A2. According to Viala and Vermorel, it is the black form of feteasca alba. It should not be confused with feteasca regala.

Last vintages of this wine

Family Reserve Shiraz - 2016
In the top 80 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Family Reserve Shiraz - 2015
In the top 80 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Family Reserve Shiraz - 2013
In the top 80 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Family Reserve Shiraz - 2012
In the top 80 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Family Reserve Shiraz - 2010
In the top 80 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Family Reserve Shiraz - 2009
In the top 80 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Family Reserve Shiraz - 2008
In the top 80 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Family Reserve Shiraz from Winery Kleine Zalze are 2009, 2015, 2012, 2016 and 2013.

Informations about the Winery Kleine Zalze

The winery offers 84 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Kleine Zalze is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 87 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 250 of of South Africa wines
In the top 90 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 6500 of red wines
In the top 8500 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: Soft

Sweet wine containing between 30 and 50 grams of residual sugar. A sweet wine is made from very ripe grapes but without being affected by botrytis cinerea and without being raisined. This term can also be applied to a dry wine that is smooth and fat in the mouth.

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