Winery Plaisir de Merle20th Anniversary Blend
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Plaisir de Merle's 20th Anniversary Blend.
Discover the grape variety: Saint Pépin
Direct producer hybrid resulting from an interspecific cross between 114 E.S. (78 Minnesota x rosette or 1000 Seibel) and white seyval or 5-276 Seyve-Villard) obtained in 1971 in Osceala (United States Wisconsin) by Elmer Swenson (1913-2004). It can be found in North America, Midwest region, in Canada (Quebec, ...), in Eastern countries such as Russia, ... in France it is almost unknown.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of 20th Anniversary Blend from Winery Plaisir de Merle are 0, 2013
Informations about the Winery Plaisir de Merle
The Winery Plaisir de Merle is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in the of Paarl to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Paarl
The wine region of Paarl is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vilafonté or the Domaine La Motte Wine Estate produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Paarl are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Paarl often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, prune or eucalyptus and sometimes also flavors of mocha, cranberry or strawberries.
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: Vaccaresis
Black grape variety, one of the 13 of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, which can be used in a blend in this appellation and other neighbouring AOCs (Côtes-du-Rhône, Gigondas...). It produces a floral, elegant and fresh wine, which balances the warmth of the Grenache. It is rare.
