Winery Paarden Kloof - Peter Clarke Collection The Long Road Shiraz

Winery Paarden KloofPeter Clarke Collection The Long Road Shiraz

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Peter Clarke Collection The Long Road Shiraz of Winery Paarden Kloof is a red wine from the region of Bot River of Western Cape.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the Peter Clarke Collection The Long Road Shiraz from the Winery Paarden Kloof

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Peter Clarke Collection The Long Road Shiraz of Winery Paarden Kloof in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Peter Clarke Collection The Long Road Shiraz of Winery Paarden Kloof 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.

Details and technical informations about Winery Paarden Kloof's Peter Clarke Collection The Long Road Shiraz.

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

Discover the grape variety: Furmint

Furmint is a very old Hungarian grape variety. It arrived in France in the 1800s. The bunches of Furmint are of medium size. They are compact and cylindrical. The berries are also of medium size. They are either short elliptical or rounded. Their thick skin changes from greenish white to reddish once the fruit is mature. This grape variety is known throughout the world for being part of the composition of the Hungarian Tokaj vintage. Robust, rich in alcohol and acidity, it needs light soil and a warm, dry climate to be fertile. It must also be pruned short and its budding takes place 7 days after the Chasselas. As for its maturity, it is of the second late period. This grape variety fears grey rot and erinosis. When vinified dry, Furmint produces a very fragrant, fine and highly alcoholic white wine.

Last vintages of this wine

Peter Clarke Collection The Long Road Shiraz - 2010
In the top 100 of of Bot River wines
Average rating: 411110
Peter Clarke Collection The Long Road Shiraz - 2009
In the top 100 of of Bot River wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Peter Clarke Collection The Long Road Shiraz from Winery Paarden Kloof are 2010, 2009

Informations about the Winery Paarden Kloof

The winery offers 12 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Bot River in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Paarden Kloof is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Bot River to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 3000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 3000 of of Bot River wines
In the top 70000 of red wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of Bot River

The wine region of Bot River is located in the region of Walker Bay of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Wildekrans or the Domaine Luddite produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bot River are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Pinotage and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bot River often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or microbio.


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: Venaison (taste of)

Wine aromas reminiscent of game (fur, leather, hare's belly).

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