Winery Laborie - Shiraz

Winery Laborie Shiraz

3.4
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Shiraz of Winery Laborie is a red wine from the region 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 Shiraz from the Winery Laborie

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Shiraz of Winery Laborie in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Shiraz of Winery Laborie in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or spices.

Details and technical informations about Winery Laborie's Shiraz.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.28°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Couderc 13

A direct producer hybrid obtained by Georges Couderc by crossing Vitis Lincecumii (Buckley) with 162-5 Couderc, the latter having 3/4 blood of Vinifera-Rupestris. Today, like most hybrids, it has practically disappeared. It can still be found in a mixture in very old vineyards, the photographs below were taken in the Ardèche, on the border with the Gard, north of Saint Ambroix.

Last vintages of this wine

Shiraz - 2018
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.5 1 1 1 0.5 0
Shiraz - 2017
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.4 1 1 1 0 0
Shiraz - 2016
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.3 1 1 1 0 0
Shiraz - 2015
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.2 1 1 1 0 0
Shiraz - 2014
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.3 1 1 1 0 0
Shiraz - 2013
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.4 1 1 1 0 0
Shiraz - 2012
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.6 1 1 1 0.5 0

The best vintages of Shiraz from Winery Laborie are 2010, 2012, 2018, 2017 and 2013.

Informations about the Winery Laborie

The winery offers 30 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
This winery is part of the KWV.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Laborie is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 5000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 400 of of Western Cape wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 200000 wines of the world

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 Grape/Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.

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The word of the wine: Merithalle

Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see internode).

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