Winery Dark HorseRosé
Pink wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Zinfandel.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or goat cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Rosé of Winery Dark Horse in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Rosé
Pairings that work perfectly with Rosé
Original food and wine pairings with Rosé
The Rosé of Winery Dark Horse matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or goat cheese such as recipes of cornish pasties, oriental stew with couscous or chard and goat cheese gratin.
Details and technical informations about Winery Dark Horse's Rosé.
Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel
From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Rosé from Winery Dark Horse are 2012, 2015, 2019, 2018 and 2016.
Informations about the Winery Dark Horse
The Winery Dark Horse is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of California
California is the largest and most important wine region in the United States. It represents the southern two-thirds (850 miles or 1,370 kilometers) of the country's west coast. (Oregon and Washington make up the rest. ) The state also spans nearly 10 degrees of latitude.
The word of the wine: Density per hectare
Number of vines per hectare. For the same yield, a vine planted with 3,000 vines per hectare bears many more bunches (per vine) than a vine planted with 10,000. The grapes will therefore be less rich in sugar and polyphenols (tannins, aromas...).
