Winery RascallionBombinate
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Bombinate of Winery Rascallion in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, cranberry or mint and sometimes also flavors of prune, microbio or oak.
Food and wine pairings with Bombinate
Pairings that work perfectly with Bombinate
Original food and wine pairings with Bombinate
The Bombinate of Winery Rascallion matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of fondue vigneronne au vin rouge, lamb tagine with prunes and dried fruits or lamb kebab.
Details and technical informations about Winery Rascallion's Bombinate.
Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel
From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Bombinate from Winery Rascallion are 2016
Informations about the Winery Rascallion
The Winery Rascallion is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 13 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: Mineral
Taste reminiscent of gunflint, chalk and many nuances of the mineral world, and reinforcing, especially in white wines, the notion of freshness and the sappy character.
