Winery L'Avenir - Far & Near Pinotage - Merlot

Winery L'AvenirFar & Near Pinotage - Merlot

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Far & Near Pinotage - Merlot of Winery L'Avenir is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
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

Wine with oak taste

tobacco

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.

Details and technical informations about Winery L'Avenir's Far & Near Pinotage - Merlot.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
13°
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

Far & Near Pinotage - Merlot - 2018
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Far & Near Pinotage - Merlot - 2017
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Far & Near Pinotage - Merlot - 2016
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Far & Near Pinotage - Merlot - 2015
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Far & Near Pinotage - Merlot - 2014
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Far & Near Pinotage - Merlot - 2013
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.411100

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 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 15 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 great 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 4500 of of South Africa wines
In the top 1500 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 95000 of red wines
In the top 200000 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: Barrel

Bordeaux barrel of 225 litres, used to determine the tonneau (unit of measurement corresponding to four barrels, or 900 litres).

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