Winery Neil EllisCape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve Pinotage

Red wine of Stellenbosch of Western Cape of South Africa

3.9

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters generally liked this wine.

The Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve Pinotage of Winery Neil Ellis is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
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 Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve Pinotage from the Winery Neil Ellis

Light		Bold
Smooth		Tannic
Dry		Sweet
Soft		Acidic

In the mouth the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve Pinotage of Winery Neil Ellis in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Oak

Microbio

Earth

On the nose the Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve Pinotage of Winery Neil Ellis in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak.

Food and wine pairings with Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve Pinotage

Pairings that work perfectly with Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve Pinotage

Original food and wine pairings with Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve Pinotage

The Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve Pinotage of Winery Neil Ellis matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of beef tongue in hot pickle sauce, civet of wild boar or chicken breast with cream and mushrooms.

Details and technical informations about Winery Neil Ellis's Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve Pinotage.

Winery

Winery Neil Ellis

Grape varieties

Pinotage

Region/Great wine region

Great wine region

Country

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

Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve Pinotage - 2016

In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines

Average rating: 4

The best vintages of Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve Pinotage from Winery Neil Ellis are 2016

Informations about the Winery Neil Ellis

The winery offers 59 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.

It is in the top 40 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Neil Ellis is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 58 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 8500 of of South Africa wines

In the top 2500 of of Stellenbosch wines

In the top 200000 of red wines

In the top 350000 wines of the world

The wine region of Stellenbosch

The wine region of Stellenbosch is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. We currently count 582 estates and châteaux in the of Stellenbosch, producing 3443 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Stellenbosch go well with generally quite well with dishes .

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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