Winery Schalk Burger - Meerkat Pinotage

Winery Schalk BurgerMeerkat Pinotage

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Meerkat Pinotage of Winery Schalk Burger is a red wine from the region of Western Cape.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the Meerkat Pinotage from the Winery Schalk Burger

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Meerkat Pinotage of Winery Schalk Burger in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Meerkat Pinotage of Winery Schalk Burger in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Schalk Burger's Meerkat Pinotage.

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

Discover the grape variety: Pinotage

An intraspecific cross between pinot noir and cinsaut called hermitage, obtained in South Africa in 1925 by Professor Abraham Izak Perold. Since then, it has been propagated in Africa, New Zealand, Australia, the United States (California), Canada, Brazil, Israel, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties on the A1 list. - Synonymy: none to date (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).

Last vintages of this wine

Meerkat Pinotage - 2015
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 311100
Meerkat Pinotage - 2014
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 2.8110.500
Meerkat Pinotage - 2013
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.211100
Meerkat Pinotage - 2011
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 2.911100

The best vintages of Meerkat Pinotage from Winery Schalk Burger are 2013, 2015, 2011, 2014

Informations about the Winery Schalk Burger

The winery offers 25 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Schalk Burger is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 26 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 15000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 300 of of Western Cape wines
In the top 300000 of red wines
In the top 500000 wines of the world

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: Caudalie

Unit of measurement corresponding to one second and allowing to quantify the aromatic persistence of a wine in mouth (length in mouth).

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