Winery LourensfordThe River Garden Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Cabernet-Sauvignon, the Durif and the Merlot.
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 The River Garden Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot from the Winery Lourensford
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the The River Garden Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot of Winery Lourensford 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 The River Garden Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot of Winery Lourensford in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with The River Garden Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with The River Garden Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with The River Garden Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot
The The River Garden Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot of Winery Lourensford matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of lamb skewers, lamb chops with spanish sauce or aiguillettes of duck with auvergne blue cheese.
Details and technical informations about Winery Lourensford's The River Garden Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Sauvignon
Cabernet-Sauvignon noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. Cabernet-Sauvignon noir can be found in many vineyards: South-West, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Rhone Valley, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of The River Garden Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot from Winery Lourensford are 2014, 2017, 2015, 2013 and 2018.
Informations about the Winery Lourensford
The Winery Lourensford is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 75 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.
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The word of the wine: Concentrator
A device that removes water from grape must by reverse osmosis or entropy system. Its proponents say that it is better to remove water than to add sugar to produce more alcohol. The improperly used concentrator can also exaggerate bad tastes or greenness of tannins.
