Winery Laborie - Impossible Red

Winery LaborieImpossible Red

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Impossible Red of Winery Laborie is a red wine from the region of Paarl of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The Impossible Red of the Winery Laborie is in the top 90 of wines of Paarl.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

chocolate, coffee

Wine with earth taste

smoke, leather

Wine with microbio taste

cheese

Wine with spices taste

pepper

On the nose the Impossible Red of Winery Laborie in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of smoke, tobacco or coffee and sometimes also flavors of leather, chocolate or dark fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Laborie's Impossible Red.

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

Impossible Red - 2018
In the top 90 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Impossible Red - 2017
In the top 90 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Impossible Red - 2016
In the top 90 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Impossible Red - 2015
In the top 90 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Impossible Red - 2014
In the top 90 of of Paarl wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Impossible Red from Winery Laborie are 2014, 2016, 2018, 2015 and 2017.

Informations about the Winery Laborie

The winery offers 29 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
This winery is part of the KWV.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Paarl in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Laborie is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in the of Paarl to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 1500 of of South Africa wines
In the top 95 of of Paarl wines
In the top 35000 of red wines
In the top 55000 wines of the world

The wine region of Paarl

The wine region of Paarl is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vilafonté or the Domaine La Motte Wine Estate produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Paarl are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Paarl often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, prune or eucalyptus and sometimes also flavors of mocha, cranberry or strawberries.


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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