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Key regions
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Pairings
Pinotage - Shiraz is a red blend rather than a single variety, with its roots in Western Cape, South Africa.
The wines show medium-full body, medium-high tannin, medium acidity, dry and medium alcohol.
The tasting note runs to dark fruit, spice, chocolate, jammy, herbaceous and earth.
It is planted most seriously in Western Cape.
In the vineyard it is marked by mid ripening, medium vigour and a preference for warm.
At the table it suits spicy sausage stew, lamb korma curry and spaghetti with meatballs.
Best drunk young.
The structure.
Where it grows.
Blends well with.
Food pairings.
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Spicy sausage stew
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Lamb korma curry
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Spaghetti with meatballs
Bottles to look for.
- Anura Pinotage - Shiraz, Paarl, South Africa
- Balance Classic Selection Pinotage - Shiraz, Western Cape, South Africa
- Bellingham Founders Series Pod, Paarl, Coastal Region, South Africa
- BLANKbottle 'Praus', Western Cape, South Africa
- Cloof Wine Estate Ruby Darling Pinotage - Shiraz, Darling, South Africa
- Eagle's Cliff Shiraz - Pinotage, Breede River Valley, South Africa
- Get Lost Premium Red Blend, Western Cape, South Africa
- Grill House Shiraz - Pinotage, Western Cape, South Africa
Pinotage - Shiraz: common questions
01.What does Pinotage - Shiraz taste like?+
Pinotage - Shiraz tastes of dark fruit, spice, chocolate, jammy, herbaceous and earth, plus two more. The wines show medium-full body, medium-high tannin, medium acidity, dry and medium alcohol.
02.Where is Pinotage - Shiraz from?+
Pinotage - Shiraz originates in Western Cape, South Africa.
03.Where is Pinotage - Shiraz grown?+
The key regions for Pinotage - Shiraz are Western Cape.
04.What food pairs with Pinotage - Shiraz?+
Pour it with spicy sausage stew, lamb korma curry and spaghetti with meatballs.
Keep going: the A to Z grape index, or the wine regions of South Africa.