Winery Kloovenburg - The Gatekeeper Red

Winery KloovenburgThe Gatekeeper Red

3.7
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The The Gatekeeper Red of Winery Kloovenburg is a red wine from the region of Swartland of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

leather, earthy

Wine with oak taste

oak, tobacco

Wine with spices taste

pepper

On the nose the The Gatekeeper Red of Winery Kloovenburg in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of cherry, black fruits or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, spices or oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Kloovenburg's The Gatekeeper Red.

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

Discover the grape variety: Bertille Seyve 872

Interspecific crossing made by Bertille Seyve (1864-1944) between 85 Seibel and 2 Gaillard. This direct producing hybrid was mainly multiplied in the center of France where we found it and photographed it, but also in the departments of the Rhone valley, the Loiret valley, Isère, Vienne and Nièvre.

Last vintages of this wine

The Gatekeeper Red - 2019
In the top 100 of of Swartland wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
The Gatekeeper Red - 2018
In the top 100 of of Swartland wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
The Gatekeeper Red - 2017
In the top 100 of of Swartland wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of The Gatekeeper Red from Winery Kloovenburg are 2019, 2018, 2017

Informations about the Winery Kloovenburg

The winery offers 17 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Swartland in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Kloovenburg is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Swartland 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 200 of of Swartland wines
In the top 90000 of red wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of Swartland

The wine region of Swartland is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Sadie Family or the Domaine Sadie Family produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Swartland are Chenin blanc, Mourvèdre and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Swartland often reveals types of flavors of cherry, marmalade or cantaloupe and sometimes also flavors of chard, poire nashi or red cherry.


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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