Winery SpierFrans K. Smit
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 4 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon, the Petit Verdot and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Frans K. Smit of the Winery Spier is in the top 10 of wines of South Africa and in the top 10 of wines of Stellenbosch.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Frans K. Smit of Winery Spier in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Frans K. Smit
Pairings that work perfectly with Frans K. Smit
Original food and wine pairings with Frans K. Smit
The Frans K. Smit of Winery Spier matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of pork shoulder with mustard, tomatoes, zucchini, potatoes stuffed moroccan style with... or rabbit with hunter's sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery Spier's Frans K. Smit.
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
The best vintages of Frans K. Smit from Winery Spier are 2004, 2006, 2017, 2015 and 2013.
Informations about the Winery Spier
The Winery Spier is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 105 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Game
A family of animal aromas reminiscent of venison and present in certain old red wines. See venison.
