Winery VillieraFired Earth Fortified Red
Natural sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Fired Earth Fortified Red of Winery Villiera in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Fired Earth Fortified Red
Pairings that work perfectly with Fired Earth Fortified Red
Original food and wine pairings with Fired Earth Fortified Red
The Fired Earth Fortified Red of Winery Villiera matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of authentic bolognese sauce (ragù di carne), kapama of lamb (traditional bosnian dish) or haddock with curry cream.
Details and technical informations about Winery Villiera's Fired Earth Fortified Red.
Discover the grape variety: Merlese
Intraspecific crossing between sangiovese or nielluccio and merlot noir obtained in 1983 by the University of Bologna (Italy), registered since 2007 in the Italian Official Register of wine grape varieties... totally unknown in France.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Fired Earth Fortified Red from Winery Villiera are 2001, 2012
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.
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The word of the wine: Shipping (liquor)
In champagne and wines made according to the traditional method, wine is added before corking to fill the void in the bottle created by disgorging. This added wine is often sweetened by sugar incorporated in variable proportions according to the style of wine sought (see dosage). Syn.: liqueur de dosage.
