Winery VeenwoudenVivat Bacchus Red
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Vivat Bacchus Red of Winery Veenwouden in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Vivat Bacchus Red
Pairings that work perfectly with Vivat Bacchus Red
Original food and wine pairings with Vivat Bacchus Red
The Vivat Bacchus Red of Winery Veenwouden matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast pork with pineapple, berber giblet frying pan or duck fillets with honey.
Details and technical informations about Winery Veenwouden's Vivat Bacchus Red.
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 Vivat Bacchus Red from Winery Veenwouden are 2001, 2010, 0, 2011 and 2008.
Informations about the Winery Veenwouden
The Winery Veenwouden is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 14 wines for sale in the of Paarl to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Paarl
The wine region of Paarl is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vilafonté or the Domaine La Motte Wine Estate produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Paarl are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Paarl often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, prune or eucalyptus and sometimes also flavors of mocha, cranberry or strawberries.
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: Yeast
Micro-organisms at the base of all fermentative processes. A wide variety of yeasts live and thrive naturally in the vineyard, provided that treatments do not destroy them. Unfortunately, their replacement by laboratory-selected yeasts is often the order of the day and contributes to the standardization of the wine. Yeasts are indeed involved in the development of certain aromas.
