Winery Black Elephant Vintners - The Back Roads Bakenshoek

Winery Black Elephant VintnersThe Back Roads Bakenshoek

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The The Back Roads Bakenshoek of Winery Black Elephant Vintners is a red wine from the region of Franschhoek of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the The Back Roads Bakenshoek of Winery Black Elephant Vintners in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of spices, red fruit.

Food and wine pairings with The Back Roads Bakenshoek

Pairings that work perfectly with The Back Roads Bakenshoek

Original food and wine pairings with The Back Roads Bakenshoek

The The Back Roads Bakenshoek of Winery Black Elephant Vintners matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of millet with gruyere cheese or 4 cheese fondue.

Details and technical informations about Winery Black Elephant Vintners's The Back Roads Bakenshoek.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.2°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Précoce de Malingre

Precoce de Malingre white is a grape variety that originated in France (Ile de France). 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 grapes of small to medium size. The Precoce de Malingre white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Last vintages of this wine

The Back Roads Bakenshoek - 2014
In the top 100 of of Franschhoek wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of The Back Roads Bakenshoek from Winery Black Elephant Vintners are 2014

Informations about the Winery Black Elephant Vintners

The winery offers 23 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Franschhoek in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Black Elephant Vintners is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in the of Franschhoek to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 7000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 350 of of Franschhoek wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 300000 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: Crémant

AOC sparkling wine made by traditional method, with specific constraints in the regions of Alsace, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Die, Jura, Limoux and the Loire Valley, as well as in Luxembourg.

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