Wine Appreciation Group

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At our latest meeting on Monday 20th January there were 8  out of 10 of us present, and as had been decided at our previous meeting our theme for this and  the next two meetings  were South African Wines.

Liz hosted the wine appreciation  and she presented for our deliberations and sampling two red South African Wines.

 

The first was a Sheraz Cape Peak wine of 2013 vintage from the Western Cape with a 13 % alcohol  volume. It was felt  by many members that it was a bright  red/ruby  wine with good clarity, a medium body with possible plumb  and/or blackcurrant flavour.

although one member thought that there was a hint of honey. , and with all members marking the wine out of 10 an average mark of 6 1/2 was achieved.

 

Our second wine was a Pinotage from  "Vineyards=world of wines". describing it as "Bold  red berry and spice flavours"

Comments were that it was a clean dark   medium sharp(bitter) wine. again with maybe a hint of blackcurrant/plumb/blackberry flavour.

 some said it had a balanced acidity but with a vinegar taste,

So the  majority felt that it was not as good as the first one- and indeed a couple thought that it was only good for cooking purposes.

 

This just shows how  different and varied we all  think  about  the many varied wines we drink, but also it is good as all our pallets are different,

  

In the late Spring we hope to have a visit to a local vineyard for some food and then a guided tour of the farm.

 

Many thanks to Liz for providing our wines , and our next meeting will be on Monday the 17th February  starting at 7 pm at Val Westalls.

 

Michael Page