Winery Schalkenbosch EstateCap Classique Limited Release Cuvée Brut
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The Cap Classique Limited Release Cuvée Brut of the Winery Schalkenbosch Estate is in the top 0 of wines of Western Cape.
Details and technical informations about Winery Schalkenbosch Estate's Cap Classique Limited Release Cuvée Brut.
Discover the grape variety: Reichensteiner
Intraspecific crossing between the müller-thurgau and a variety resulting from the crossing (madeleine angevine x calabre blanc) obtained in Germany in 1939 by Heinrich Birk (1898-1973). It can be found in France (Alsace, etc.), Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, New Zealand, etc.
Informations about the Winery Schalkenbosch Estate
The Winery Schalkenbosch Estate is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 14 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.
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The word of the wine: Sulphiting
Introduction of a sulphurous solution into a must or wine to protect it from accidents or diseases, or to select the ferments.