Winery Lions Gate - Semi-Sweet Red

Winery Lions Gate Semi-Sweet Red

3.5
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Semi-Sweet Red of Winery Lions Gate is a sweet wine from the region of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with

Details and technical informations about Winery Lions Gate's Semi-Sweet Red.

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

Discover the grape variety: Sultanine

Most certainly finding its first origins in Persia, today Iran. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of table grape varieties list A1. Note that the variety gora chirine, also finding its first origins in Iran (Azerbaijan), is a mutation of the Sultanine, its berries of white or pink color being slightly larger.

Last vintages of this wine

Semi-Sweet Red - 2016
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.8 1 1 1 0.5 0

The best vintages of Semi-Sweet Red from Winery Lions Gate are 2016

Informations about the Winery Lions Gate

The winery offers 13 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
This winery is part of the Origin Wine.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Lions Gate is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 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 15000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 15000 of of Western Cape wines
In the top 25000 of sweet wines
In the top 650000 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: Pedicel

Small stalk.

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