The Winery Blake's of Swartland of Western Cape

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The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 13 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Swartland in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Blake's is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Swartland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Blake's wines

Looking for the best Winery Blake's wines in Swartland among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Blake's wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Blake's wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Blake's

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Blake's

How Winery Blake's wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of barbecued prime rib with coarse salt, grilled leg of lamb marinated in aromatic oil or duck with olives.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Blake's

On the nose the red wine of Winery Blake's. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Blake's. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Blake's

  • 2017With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.19/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Blake's.

  • Malbec
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinotage

Discovering the wine region of Swartland

The wine region of Swartland is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Sadie Family or the Domaine Sadie Family produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Swartland are Chenin blanc, Mourvèdre and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Swartland often reveals types of flavors of cherry, marmalade or cantaloupe and sometimes also flavors of chard, poire nashi or red cherry.

In the mouth of Swartland is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 192 estates and châteaux in the of Swartland, producing 832 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Swartland go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).

The top white wines of Winery Blake's

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Blake's

How Winery Blake's wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of lobster tail armorican style, carrot soup with curry and coconut milk or blanquette of monkfish and scallops.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Blake's

On the nose the white wine of Winery Blake's. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak, microbio or vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Blake's. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Blake's

  • 2018With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Blake's.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Viognier
  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Blake's

Planning a wine route in the of Swartland? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Blake's.

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Blake's and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Bordeaux ‘Act for Change’ symposium

The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C  in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...

Palladius and Columella verticals: Eben Sadie’s Swartland flagships

The rapid rise of South Africa’s Swartland wine region over the past 20 years has been thrilling to watch. And arguably the most influential winemaker during this renaissance has – and continues to be – Eben Sadie. Sadie was in London recently for a vertical tasting of his flagship wines, the red blend Columella and white blend Palladius. He explained to a rapt audience of critics, buyers and sommeliers how his approach to winemaking has changed over the years, and revealed how he’s preparing fo ...

The word of the wine: Noble rot

A fungus called botrytis cinerea that develops during the over-ripening phase, an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".