Winery Yardstick - Raised By Wolves 'Old School' Cinsault - Cabernet Sauvignon

Winery YardstickRaised By Wolves 'Old School' Cinsault - Cabernet Sauvignon

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Raised By Wolves 'Old School' Cinsault - Cabernet Sauvignon of Winery Yardstick is a red wine from the region of Franschhoek of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or lamb.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Raised By Wolves 'Old School' Cinsault - Cabernet Sauvignon of Winery Yardstick in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of oak, spices or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Yardstick's Raised By Wolves 'Old School' Cinsault - Cabernet Sauvignon.

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

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Sauvignon

Cabernet-Sauvignon 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 bunches, and small grapes. Cabernet-Sauvignon noir can be found in many vineyards: South-West, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Rhone Valley, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Last vintages of this wine

Raised By Wolves 'Old School' Cinsault - Cabernet Sauvignon - 2016
In the top 100 of of Franschhoek wines
Average rating: 411110
Raised By Wolves 'Old School' Cinsault - Cabernet Sauvignon - 2015
In the top 100 of of Franschhoek wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Raised By Wolves 'Old School' Cinsault - Cabernet Sauvignon from Winery Yardstick are 2016, 2015

Informations about the Winery Yardstick

The winery offers 13 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Franschhoek in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Yardstick is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in the of Franschhoek to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 6000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 150 of of Franschhoek wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Franschhoek

The wine region of Franschhoek is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Anthonij Rupert or the Domaine Holden Manz produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Franschhoek are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Franschhoek often reveals types of flavors of cream, dried fruit or ash and sometimes also flavors of bell pepper, ripe blackberries or cigar.


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: Food and wine pairing

It is the set of techniques that allow for the pleasant combination of food and wine. Food and wine pairing is based on a few basic principles, such as similarity, complementarity or contrast, and involves all the elements that make up the wine and the food (flavours, textures, aromas, etc.).

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