Winery Leopard’s LeapFamily Collection Red Blend
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Mourvèdre and the Viognier.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Family Collection Red Blend of Winery Leopard’s Leap in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Family Collection Red Blend
Pairings that work perfectly with Family Collection Red Blend
Original food and wine pairings with Family Collection Red Blend
The Family Collection Red Blend of Winery Leopard’s Leap matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of roast beef with caramelized onion, leg of lamb with herb stuffing or home-made white pudding.
Details and technical informations about Winery Leopard’s Leap's Family Collection Red Blend.
Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre
Powerful, deep reds with firm tannins and dense texture, showing aromas of blackberry, leather, garrigue, black pepper, liquorice and animal notes (game, forest floor) with age. Star of Bandol AOC as a single variety and pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas and Costières blends. Also in GSM in Languedoc and Australia. A late-ripening variety of Spanish origin (Mataró/Monastrell).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Family Collection Red Blend from Winery Leopard’s Leap are 2011, 0, 2012, 2009 and 2008.
Informations about the Winery Leopard’s Leap
The Winery Leopard’s Leap is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 46 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Western Cape
Cradle of South African wine. Signature Chenin Blanc (Steen, 20%) in ample, fresh whites with notes of quince, yellow apple, honey and acacia flower, from crisp dry to sweet. Sharp, iodised Sauvignon Blanc (Walker Bay, Constantia), balanced Chardonnay. Reds: emblematic Pinotage with roasted aromas (coffee, plum, smoke), firm Cabernet Sauvignon, spicy Syrah.
The word of the wine: Vegetative cycle
All the different phases of the vine's development: winter rest period, budburst, inflorescence, flowering, fruit set, veraison, ripening.
