Winery Whale PointMerlot - Shiraz
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, game (deer, venison) or lamb.
Food and wine pairings with Merlot - Shiraz
Pairings that work perfectly with Merlot - Shiraz
Original food and wine pairings with Merlot - Shiraz
The Merlot - Shiraz of Winery Whale Point matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of stuffed beef rolls, lamb tagine with artichokes and dried tomatoes or duck legs with cider and small onions.
Details and technical informations about Winery Whale Point's Merlot - Shiraz.
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Merlot is a red grape variety with small black berries that appeared at the end of the 18th century. It is produced in most of the Bordeaux terroirs, where it represents 58% of the planted area, and its best terroir is located in Pomerol and Saint-Emilion on cool, clay-limestone soils. At the mythical Château Pétrus, the wine is made with 95% Merlot, with a dark, dense colour, aromas of red and black fruits and a superb range of flavours, the Merlot transforms during its ageing to give way to notes of prunes, undergrowth and spices. On the palate, it is supple with distinguished tannins. It is often blended with Cabernet Sauvignon. Merlot is no longer exclusive to Bordeaux, it is nowadays vinified all over the world.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Merlot - Shiraz from Winery Whale Point are 2015, 0, 2017, 2011
Informations about the Winery Whale Point
The Winery Whale Point is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Draft liquor
Liqueur composed of sugar dissolved in wine, used for the dosage of sparkling wines made by the traditional method. It is also known as "liqueur d'expédition" or "liqueur de dosage".
