Winery Makulu - Pinotage

Winery MakuluPinotage

3.2
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Pinotage of Winery Makulu is a red wine from the region of Western Cape.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the Pinotage from the Winery Makulu

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Pinotage of Winery Makulu in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Pinotage of Winery Makulu in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Makulu's Pinotage.

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

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

Pinotage - 2019
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Pinotage - 2018
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Pinotage - 2017
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 2.8110.500
Pinotage - 2016
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Pinotage - 2015
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.111100
Pinotage - 2014
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Pinotage - 2013
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.211100

The best vintages of Pinotage from Winery Makulu are 2016, 2012, 2019, 2018 and 2014.

Informations about the Winery Makulu

The winery offers 13 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Makulu is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 13 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 6000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 6000 of of Western Cape wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 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 Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.

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The word of the wine: Hat

Solid part (marc), composed of pips and skins (sometimes of the stalk), which forms at the top of the tank during fermentation. The pigeage consists in breaking this cap to put back in suspension these elements and to favour the exchanges between the juice and the skins.

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