Winery L'AvenirFar & Near Pinotage - Merlot
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Pinotage and the Merlot.
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 Far & Near Pinotage - Merlot from the Winery L'Avenir
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Far & Near Pinotage - Merlot of Winery L'Avenir in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Far & Near Pinotage - Merlot of Winery L'Avenir in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, tobacco or plum and sometimes also flavors of black currant, non oak or earth.
Food and wine pairings with Far & Near Pinotage - Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with Far & Near Pinotage - Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with Far & Near Pinotage - Merlot
The Far & Near Pinotage - Merlot of Winery L'Avenir matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of stuffed zucchini, rabbit with mustard, thyme and cream or hawaiian pizza.
Details and technical informations about Winery L'Avenir's Far & Near Pinotage - Merlot.
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
The best vintages of Far & Near Pinotage - Merlot from Winery L'Avenir are 2015, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2013.
Informations about the Winery L'Avenir
The Winery L'Avenir is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 34 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: ODG
Organisation for the defence and management of wine, set up following the reform of the "syndicats de crus". The ODG is the collective organisation responsible for the defence and management of a product under an official sign of identification and quality and between wine appellations.
