Winery L'Avenir - Single Block Pinotage

Winery L'AvenirSingle Block Pinotage

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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 Single Block Pinotage of Winery L'Avenir is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Pinotage.
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 Single Block Pinotage of the Winery L'Avenir is in the top 50 of wines of Stellenbosch.

Taste structure of the Single Block Pinotage from the Winery L'Avenir

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Single Block 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

smoke, cured meat

Wine with spices taste

pepper, mint

Wine with microbio taste

banana, cream

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

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

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

Single Block Pinotage - 2018
In the top 50 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Single Block Pinotage - 2017
In the top 50 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Single Block Pinotage - 2016
In the top 50 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Single Block Pinotage - 2015
In the top 50 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Single Block Pinotage - 2014
In the top 50 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Single Block Pinotage - 2013
In the top 50 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Single Block Pinotage - 2012
In the top 50 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.411110

The best vintages of Single Block Pinotage from Winery L'Avenir are 2018, 2017, 2012, 2015 and 2014.

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 3 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 150 of of South Africa wines
In the top 60 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 4500 of red wines
In the top 5500 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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