Winery Meerendal Wine EstateThe Heritage Block Pinotage
Red wine
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).
The The Heritage Block Pinotage of the Winery Meerendal Wine Estate is in the top 10 of wines of Durbanville.
Taste structure of the The Heritage Block Pinotage from the Winery Meerendal Wine Estate
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Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the The Heritage Block Pinotage of Winery Meerendal Wine Estate 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 Heritage Block Pinotage of Winery Meerendal Wine Estate 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 The Heritage Block Pinotage
Pairings that work perfectly with The Heritage Block Pinotage
Original food and wine pairings with The Heritage Block Pinotage
The The Heritage Block Pinotage of Winery Meerendal Wine Estate matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of shoulder of suckling lamb confit with herbs, whole duck casserole with white wine or scandinavian beef balls.
Details and technical informations about Winery Meerendal Wine Estate's The Heritage Block Pinotage.
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 The Heritage Block Pinotage from Winery Meerendal Wine Estate are 2005, 2018, 2015, 2010 and 2017.
Informations about the Winery Meerendal Wine Estate
The Winery Meerendal Wine Estate is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 50 wines for sale in the of Durbanville to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Durbanville
The wine region of Durbanville is located in the region of Cape Town of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vinoneers or the Domaine De Grendel produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Durbanville are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Durbanville often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, black cherries or chocolate and sometimes also flavors of mocha, black fruits or red cherry.
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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