Winery Rijk's - Pinotage - Syrah

Winery Rijk'sPinotage - Syrah

4.2
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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 Pinotage - Syrah of Winery Rijk's is a red wine from the region of Tulbagh 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 Pinotage - Syrah of the Winery Rijk's is in the top 10 of wines of Tulbagh.

Taste structure of the Pinotage - Syrah from the Winery Rijk's

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Pinotage - Syrah of Winery Rijk's 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

oak, coffee

Wine with earth taste

smoke

On the nose the Pinotage - Syrah of Winery Rijk's in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of oaky, smoke or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of coffee, plum or dark fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Rijk's's Pinotage - Syrah.

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

Discover the grape variety: Pinotage

An intraspecific cross between pinot noir and cinsaut called hermitage, obtained in South Africa in 1925 by Professor Abraham Izak Perold. Since then, it has been propagated in Africa, New Zealand, Australia, the United States (California), Canada, Brazil, Israel, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties on the A1 list. - Synonymy: none to date (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).

Last vintages of this wine

Pinotage - Syrah - 2014
In the top 10 of of Tulbagh wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Pinotage - Syrah - 2013
In the top 10 of of Tulbagh wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Pinotage - Syrah from Winery Rijk's are 2014, 2013

Informations about the Winery Rijk's

The winery offers 30 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Tulbagh in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Rijk's is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 30 wines for sale in the of Tulbagh to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 300 of of South Africa wines
In the top 10 of of Tulbagh wines
In the top 7500 of red wines
In the top 10000 wines of the world

The wine region of Tulbagh

The wine region of Tulbagh is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Rijk's or the Domaine Saronsberg produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Tulbagh are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Pinotage and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Tulbagh often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, cranberry or prune and sometimes also flavors of cassis, clove or chocolate.


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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