Winery VillieraDown to Earth Red (Touriga Nacional - Shiraz)
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Down to Earth Red (Touriga Nacional - Shiraz) of Winery Villiera in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Down to Earth Red (Touriga Nacional - Shiraz)
Pairings that work perfectly with Down to Earth Red (Touriga Nacional - Shiraz)
Original food and wine pairings with Down to Earth Red (Touriga Nacional - Shiraz)
The Down to Earth Red (Touriga Nacional - Shiraz) of Winery Villiera matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of sauté of lamb with curry, leg of lamb with herb stuffing or mahi mahi curry with coconut milk.
Details and technical informations about Winery Villiera's Down to Earth Red (Touriga Nacional - Shiraz).
Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional
Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Down to Earth Red (Touriga Nacional - Shiraz) from Winery Villiera are 2010, 2017, 2015, 2014 and 0.
Informations about the Winery Villiera
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.
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: Blanc de blancs (champagne)
Champagne made only from the Chardonnay grape. The expression has been somewhat overused by the intensive use made of it by certain large distributors of white table wines (or sparkling wines) who were thus seeking to promote their product.
