Winery L'Avenir - Pinotage

Winery L'AvenirPinotage

3.8
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Pinotage of Winery L'Avenir 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).

Taste structure of the Pinotage from the Winery L'Avenir

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Pinotage of Winery L'Avenir in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, chocolate

Wine with earth taste

earthy, smoke

Wine with spices taste

pepper

Wine with microbio taste

banana

Wine with floral taste

lavender

On the nose the Pinotage of Winery L'Avenir in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of cherry, non oak or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, spices or oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery L'Avenir's Pinotage.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.3°
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

Pinotage - 2018
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Pinotage - 2017
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Pinotage - 2016
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Pinotage - 2015
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Pinotage - 2014
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Pinotage - 2013
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Pinotage - 2012
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Pinotage from Winery L'Avenir are 2010, 2007, 2012, 2015 and 2009.

Informations about the Winery L'Avenir

The winery offers 34 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This winery is part of the AdVini.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery L'Avenir is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 34 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 2000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 650 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 45000 of red wines
In the top 65000 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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