Winery Schneider - Rooi Olifant Red

Winery SchneiderRooi Olifant Red

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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 Rooi Olifant Red of Winery Schneider is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
This wine is a blend of 4 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon, the Pinotage and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Rooi Olifant Red of the Winery Schneider is in the top 30 of wines of South Africa and in the top 10 of wines of Stellenbosch.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Rooi Olifant Red of Winery Schneider 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 Schneider's Rooi Olifant Red.

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

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Last vintages of this wine

Rooi Olifant Red - 2017
In the top 10 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Rooi Olifant Red - 2016
In the top 10 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Rooi Olifant Red - 2014
In the top 10 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Rooi Olifant Red - 2012
In the top 10 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.311110

The best vintages of Rooi Olifant Red from Winery Schneider are 2014, 2017, 2012, 2016

Informations about the Winery Schneider

The winery offers 97 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
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 Schneider is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 94 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 15 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 4000 of red wines
In the top 5000 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.

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