Winery PietersburgReserve Shiraz - Merlot
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
Food and wine pairings with Reserve Shiraz - Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with Reserve Shiraz - Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with Reserve Shiraz - Merlot
The Reserve Shiraz - Merlot of Winery Pietersburg matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of flemish beer stew, stuffed zucchini with merguez, beef and spices or baked leg of daguet or roe deer.
Details and technical informations about Winery Pietersburg's Reserve Shiraz - Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Merlot 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Reserve Shiraz - Merlot from Winery Pietersburg are 2013, 2009, 0, 2011
Informations about the Winery Pietersburg
The Winery Pietersburg is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Density per hectare
Number of vines per hectare. For the same yield, a vine planted with 3,000 vines per hectare bears many more bunches (per vine) than a vine planted with 10,000. The grapes will therefore be less rich in sugar and polyphenols (tannins, aromas...).
