Winery Bellingham - The Bernard Series Basket Press Syrah

Winery BellinghamThe Bernard Series Basket Press Syrah

4.1
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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 The Bernard Series Basket Press Syrah of Winery Bellingham is a red wine from the region of Stellenbosch of Western Cape.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The The Bernard Series Basket Press Syrah of the Winery Bellingham is in the top 20 of wines of Stellenbosch.

Taste structure of the The Bernard Series Basket Press Syrah from the Winery Bellingham

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the The Bernard Series Basket Press Syrah of Winery Bellingham in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

caramel

Wine with spices taste

eucalyptus, menthol

On the nose the The Bernard Series Basket Press Syrah of Winery Bellingham in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices.

Details and technical informations about Winery Bellingham's The Bernard Series Basket Press Syrah.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.05°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel

From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.

Last vintages of this wine

The Bernard Series Basket Press Syrah - 2018
In the top 20 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.211110
The Bernard Series Basket Press Syrah - 2017
In the top 20 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.211110
The Bernard Series Basket Press Syrah - 2016
In the top 20 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.211110
The Bernard Series Basket Press Syrah - 2015
In the top 20 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.111110
The Bernard Series Basket Press Syrah - 2014
In the top 20 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.111110
The Bernard Series Basket Press Syrah - 2013
In the top 20 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 4.211110
The Bernard Series Basket Press Syrah - 2012
In the top 20 of of Stellenbosch wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of The Bernard Series Basket Press Syrah from Winery Bellingham are 2018, 2017, 2016, 2013 and 2008.

Informations about the Winery Bellingham

The winery offers 73 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This winery is part of the DGB (Douglas Green Bellingham).
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Bellingham is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 80 wines for sale in the of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 450 of of South Africa wines
In the top 30 of of Stellenbosch wines
In the top 15000 of red wines
In the top 20000 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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The word of the wine: Hat

Solid part (marc), composed of pips and skins (sometimes of the stalk), which forms at the top of the tank during fermentation. The pigeage consists in breaking this cap to put back in suspension these elements and to favour the exchanges between the juice and the skins.

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