Winery Marianne - Dent de Lion Winemaker's Selection Blend

Winery MarianneDent de Lion Winemaker's Selection Blend

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
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The Dent de Lion Winemaker's Selection Blend of Winery Marianne is a red wine from the region of Western Cape.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Cabernet-Sauvignon and the Pinotage.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Dent de Lion Winemaker's Selection Blend of Winery Marianne 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 or black fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Dent de Lion Winemaker's Selection Blend

Pairings that work perfectly with Dent de Lion Winemaker's Selection Blend

Original food and wine pairings with Dent de Lion Winemaker's Selection Blend

The Dent de Lion Winemaker's Selection Blend of Winery Marianne matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fondue with broth, lamb tagine with apricots or baked leg of daguet or roe deer.

Details and technical informations about Winery Marianne's Dent de Lion Winemaker's Selection Blend.

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

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

Dent de Lion Winemaker's Selection Blend - 2018
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Dent de Lion Winemaker's Selection Blend - 2017
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Dent de Lion Winemaker's Selection Blend - 2016
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Dent de Lion Winemaker's Selection Blend - 2015
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Dent de Lion Winemaker's Selection Blend - 2011
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of Dent de Lion Winemaker's Selection Blend from Winery Marianne are 2011, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015.

Informations about the Winery Marianne

The winery offers 34 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Marianne is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 36 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 4000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 1500 of of Western Cape wines
In the top 90000 of red wines
In the top 150000 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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