Winery The Drift - Over The Moon

Winery The DriftOver The Moon

3.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Over The Moon of Winery The Drift is a red wine from the region of Overberg of Western Cape.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Tinta Barroca and the Touriga franca.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Over The Moon of Winery The Drift in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery The Drift's Over The Moon.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
14°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Tinta Barroca

Most certainly Portuguese, more precisely in the Douro region where it is very present. It can be found in Spain, Portugal, South Africa, ... almost unknown in France, registered in the Official Catalogue of A2 list varieties.

Last vintages of this wine

Over The Moon - 2018
In the top 100 of of Overberg wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Over The Moon - 2017
In the top 100 of of Overberg wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of Over The Moon from Winery The Drift are 2017, 2018

Informations about the Winery The Drift

The winery offers 12 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Overberg in the region of Western Cape

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

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 8500 of of South Africa wines
In the top 8500 of of Overberg wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 350000 wines of the world

The wine region of Overberg

The wine region of Overberg is located in the region of Cape South Coast of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Lismore or the Domaine Crystallum produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Overberg are Chardonnay, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Overberg often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, tropical fruit or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.


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: Dish

Wine lacking tone and relief in the mouth.

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