Winery Saxenburg - Select Shiraz

Winery SaxenburgSelect Shiraz

4.4
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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 Select Shiraz of Winery Saxenburg is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch 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).
The Select Shiraz of the Winery Saxenburg is in the top 30 of wines of South Africa and in the top 10 of wines of Stellenbosch.

Taste structure of the Select Shiraz from the Winery Saxenburg

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Select Shiraz of Winery Saxenburg in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Select Shiraz of Winery Saxenburg 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 Saxenburg's Select Shiraz.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Voltis

Wine grape variety of the INRA-Resdur1 series with polygenic resistance (two genes for mildew and powdery mildew have been identified), resulting from an interspecific cross, obtained in 2002, between Villaris and Mtp 3159-2-12 (for the latter, one of its parents is Vitis rotundifolia, which is resistant to Pierce's disease, mildew, grey rot, etc.). Little multiplied, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.

Last vintages of this wine

Select Shiraz - 2013
In the top 10 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Select Shiraz - 2009
In the top 10 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Select Shiraz - 2007
In the top 10 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Select Shiraz - 2006
In the top 10 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Select Shiraz - 2005
In the top 10 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Select Shiraz - 2003
In the top 10 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Select Shiraz - 0
In the top 10 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.411110

The best vintages of Select Shiraz from Winery Saxenburg are 2003, 2009, 2007, 2005 and 0.

Informations about the Winery Saxenburg

The winery offers 28 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Saxenburg is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 30 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 40 of of South Africa wines
In the top 20 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 1500 of red wines
In the top 2000 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.

The word of the wine: Pedicel

Small stalk.

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