Winery Southern Cape Vineyards - Winemakers Selection Ruby Cabernet - Merlot

Winery Southern Cape VineyardsWinemakers Selection Ruby Cabernet - Merlot

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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 Winemakers Selection Ruby Cabernet - Merlot of Winery Southern Cape Vineyards is a red wine from the region of Klein Karoo of Western Cape.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Ruby-cabernet and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with beef and game (deer, venison).
The Winemakers Selection Ruby Cabernet - Merlot of the Winery Southern Cape Vineyards is in the top 80 of wines of Klein Karoo.

Food and wine pairings with Winemakers Selection Ruby Cabernet - Merlot

Pairings that work perfectly with Winemakers Selection Ruby Cabernet - Merlot

Original food and wine pairings with Winemakers Selection Ruby Cabernet - Merlot

The Winemakers Selection Ruby Cabernet - Merlot of Winery Southern Cape Vineyards matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of southern beef meatballs or aiguillette of duck normandy style.

Details and technical informations about Winery Southern Cape Vineyards's Winemakers Selection Ruby Cabernet - Merlot.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
13°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Ruby-cabernet

Intraspecific crossing carried out in 1936 by Doctor Harold Paul Olmo of the University of California in Davis (United States) between the carignan and the cabernet-sauvignon. The first plantings were made in 1948 in the United States (California). Today, it is less and less multiplied, but it can still be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Yugoslavia, the United States, etc. In France, it is almost unknown.

Informations about the Winery Southern Cape Vineyards

The winery offers 2 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Klein Karoo in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Southern Cape Vineyards is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Klein Karoo 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 90 of of Klein Karoo wines
In the top 300000 of red wines
In the top 550000 wines of the world

The wine region of Klein Karoo

The wine region of Klein Karoo is located in the region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Joubert Tradauw or the Domaine Karusa produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Klein Karoo are Viognier, Chardonnay and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Klein Karoo often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.


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: Sulphating

Treatment, formerly practiced with copper sulfate, applied to the vine to prevent cryptogamic diseases.

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