The Winery Dark Horse of Ontario

Winery Dark Horse
The winery offers 24 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Ontario.
It is located in Ontario

The Winery Dark Horse is one of the best wineries to follow in Ontario.. It offers 24 wines for sale in of Ontario to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Dark Horse wines

Looking for the best Winery Dark Horse wines in Ontario among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Dark Horse 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 Dark Horse wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Dark Horse

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Dark Horse

How Winery Dark Horse wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of the real vegetables stuffed in the provençal way, baked sardines with garlic or keftas tajine with eggs.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Dark Horse

On the nose the white wine of Winery Dark Horse. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Dark Horse. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Dark Horse

  • 2017With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Dark Horse.

  • Riesling
  • Chardonnay
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Vidal
  • Pinot Grigio
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Ontario

World reference for Canadian Icewine: exceptional sweet wines from grapes frozen on the vine, golden colour, signature notes of candied apricot, mango, honey, citrus and exotic fruits, opulent sugar balanced by taut acidity (Vidal for fruit, Riesling for finesse). Cool-climate still wines: mineral, lively Riesling, precise Chardonnay, fine Pinot Noir (cherry, undergrowth), peppery Cabernet Franc. ~5,500 ha on the Niagara Peninsula between Lake Ontario and the escarpment, VQA.

The top pink wines of Winery Dark Horse

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Dark Horse

How Winery Dark Horse wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef pot-au-feu, quiche with mixed vegetables or wild boar with honey.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Dark Horse.

  • Cabernet Franc

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.

The top red wines of Winery Dark Horse

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Dark Horse

How Winery Dark Horse wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of cornish pasties, mamyjaja lamb mouse tagine or coconut beans.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Dark Horse

On the nose the red wine of Winery Dark Horse. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Dark Horse. is a with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Dark Horse

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.49/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.38/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.32/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Dark Horse.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Baco Noir
  • Marquette
  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Roussette

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The top sparkling wines of Winery Dark Horse

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Dark Horse

How Winery Dark Horse wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

The top sweet wines of Winery Dark Horse

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Dark Horse

How Winery Dark Horse wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef enchilladas au gratin, alsatian sauerkraut or quinoa patties with courgettes and fresh goat cheese.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Dark Horse

  • 0With an average score of 4.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Dark Horse.

  • Cabernet Franc

The word of the wine: Flint (smell of)

Mineral odour reminiscent of flint and flint heated during sharpening.

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Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.