Winery TestalongaCuvée Clint
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry and game (deer, venison).
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Cuvée Clint of Winery Testalonga in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Clint
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Clint
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Clint
The Cuvée Clint of Winery Testalonga matches generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of rabbit with mustard in foil or oven roasted chicken.
Details and technical informations about Winery Testalonga's Cuvée Clint.
Discover the grape variety: Pinotage
Intensely coloured, structured reds with inky robe and firm tannins, with typical aromas of blackberry, black plum, roasted coffee, cocoa, banana and characteristic smoky notes. Made as powerful ageing reds and as more approachable fruity cuvées, sometimes as rosés. Absolute signature of South Africa (Stellenbosch, Swartland, Paarl). Cross of pinot noir × cinsault created in 1925 by Abraham Perold at Stellenbosch University.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée Clint from Winery Testalonga are 2016, 2019, 2017, 2018
Informations about the Winery Testalonga
The Winery Testalonga is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in the of Coastal Region to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Coastal Region
South African wine heartland (Western Cape), qualitative elite. Signature Chenin Blanc ("Steen"): full whites with notes of apple, pear, quince, honey and citrus. Dense Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, eucalyptus, tobacco), spicy Shiraz and native smoky Pinotage (cherry, coffee). Historic Constantia for its legendary sweet wines.
The wine region of Western Cape
Cradle of South African wine. Signature Chenin Blanc (Steen, 20%) in ample, fresh whites with notes of quince, yellow apple, honey and acacia flower, from crisp dry to sweet. Sharp, iodised Sauvignon Blanc (Walker Bay, Constantia), balanced Chardonnay. Reds: emblematic Pinotage with roasted aromas (coffee, plum, smoke), firm Cabernet Sauvignon, spicy Syrah.
The word of the wine: Defect
Characteristic of a wine that is either aromatically deviant or unbalanced on the palate due to an excess or a lack of one or more flavors.
