Winery Lion's HeadMedium Sweet Red
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Pinotage and the Ruby-cabernet.
This wine generally goes well with poultry and game (deer, venison).
Food and wine pairings with Medium Sweet Red
Pairings that work perfectly with Medium Sweet Red
Original food and wine pairings with Medium Sweet Red
The Medium Sweet Red of Winery Lion's Head matches generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of cassoulet or chicken in sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery Lion's Head's Medium Sweet Red.
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
The best vintages of Medium Sweet Red from Winery Lion's Head are 2017, 0
Informations about the Winery Lion's Head
The Winery Lion's Head is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Nouaison
Phase of the vegetative cycle of the vine following flowering and corresponding to the formation of the grape berry.
