Mooiplaas Wine EstateGrano de Café Pinotage
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry and game (deer, venison).
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Grano de Café Pinotage of Mooiplaas Wine Estate in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Grano de Café Pinotage
Pairings that work perfectly with Grano de Café Pinotage
Original food and wine pairings with Grano de Café Pinotage
The Grano de Café Pinotage of Mooiplaas Wine Estate matches generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of rabbit in sauce or chicken wrap.
Details and technical informations about Mooiplaas Wine Estate's Grano de Café Pinotage.
Discover the grape variety: Pinotage
Intensely coloured, structured reds with inky robe and firm tannins, with typical aromas of blackberry, black plum, roasted coffee, cocoa, banana and characteristic smoky notes. Made as powerful ageing reds and as more approachable fruity cuvées, sometimes as rosés. Absolute signature of South Africa (Stellenbosch, Swartland, Paarl). Cross of pinot noir × cinsault created in 1925 by Abraham Perold at Stellenbosch University.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Grano de Café Pinotage from Mooiplaas Wine Estate are 2017, 2016, 0
Informations about the Mooiplaas Wine Estate
The Mooiplaas Wine Estate is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 31 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Western Cape
Cradle of South African wine. Signature Chenin Blanc (Steen, 20%) in ample, fresh whites with notes of quince, yellow apple, honey and acacia flower, from crisp dry to sweet. Sharp, iodised Sauvignon Blanc (Walker Bay, Constantia), balanced Chardonnay. Reds: emblematic Pinotage with roasted aromas (coffee, plum, smoke), firm Cabernet Sauvignon, spicy Syrah.
The word of the wine: Powdery mildew
Disease of the vine due to a fungus. Less dreadful than mildew, it only attacks the surface of the green parts. Sulphur has long been the best remedy.
