Winery SpierDiscover Pinotage - Shiraz
Red wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Pinotage.
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 Discover Pinotage - Shiraz from the Winery Spier
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Discover Pinotage - Shiraz of Winery Spier 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 Discover Pinotage - Shiraz of Winery Spier in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or smoke and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or minerality.
Food and wine pairings with Discover Pinotage - Shiraz
Pairings that work perfectly with Discover Pinotage - Shiraz
Original food and wine pairings with Discover Pinotage - Shiraz
The Discover Pinotage - Shiraz of Winery Spier matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables and madeira sauce, ramen (noodle) soup or turkey leg with dijon sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery Spier's Discover Pinotage - Shiraz.
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
The best vintages of Discover Pinotage - Shiraz from Winery Spier are 2019, 2016, 2018, 2014 and 2009.
Informations about the Winery Spier
The Winery Spier is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 105 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.
The word of the wine: Pruine
A thin, fluffy film that covers the surface of the grape. It makes the berry impermeable and contains the indigenous yeasts necessary for the fermentation of the must.
