Winery Villiera - Crow's Fountain Red Blend

Winery VillieraCrow's Fountain Red Blend

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Crow's Fountain Red Blend of Winery Villiera is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Pinotage and the Merlot.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the Crow's Fountain Red Blend from the Winery Villiera

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Crow's Fountain Red Blend of Winery Villiera in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Crow's Fountain Red Blend of Winery Villiera in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Villiera's Crow's Fountain Red Blend.

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

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

Crow's Fountain Red Blend - 2015
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Crow's Fountain Red Blend - 2014
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Crow's Fountain Red Blend - 2013
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Crow's Fountain Red Blend - 2012
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Crow's Fountain Red Blend - 2011
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Crow's Fountain Red Blend - 2010
In the top 100 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50

The best vintages of Crow's Fountain Red Blend from Winery Villiera are 2015, 2010, 2014, 2011 and 2013.

Informations about the Winery Villiera

The winery offers 84 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 25 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Villiera is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 74 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 6500 of of South Africa wines
In the top 4000 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

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.

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