Winery SpookfonteinMerlot Rosé
Pink wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and game (deer, venison).
The Merlot Rosé of the Winery Spookfontein is in the top 50 of wines of Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley.
Food and wine pairings with Merlot Rosé
Pairings that work perfectly with Merlot Rosé
Original food and wine pairings with Merlot Rosé
The Merlot Rosé of Winery Spookfontein matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of navarin of the sea da gigi or rabbit with prunes in my grandmother's style.
Details and technical informations about Winery Spookfontein's Merlot Rosé.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Merlot Rosé from Winery Spookfontein are 2017, 2018
Informations about the Winery Spookfontein
The Winery Spookfontein is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in the of Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley
The wine region of Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley is located in the region of Walker Bay of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Spookfontein or the Domaine Spookfontein produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley often reveals types of flavors of earth, vegetal or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, citrus fruit or tropical 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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