Winery Groote PostSalt of the Earth

Red wine of Darling of Western Cape of South Africa

4.1

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.

The Salt of the Earth of Winery Groote Post is a red wine from the region of Darling of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
The Salt of the Earth of the Winery Groote Post is in the top 50 of wines of Darling.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Salt of the Earth of Winery Groote Post in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Salt of the Earth

Pairings that work perfectly with Salt of the Earth

Original food and wine pairings with Salt of the Earth

Spicy food

The Salt of the Earth of Winery Groote Post matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of navarin of lamb, mathieu's lamb tagine or royal couscous (lamb, chicken, merguez).

Details and technical informations about Winery Groote Post's Salt of the Earth.

Winery

Winery Groote Post

Grape varieties

Region/Great wine region

Great wine region

Country

Style of wine

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Perlette

Crossing made in the United States in 1936 by Professor Harold P. Olmo of the University of Davis (California) between the queen of the vines and the sultana, registered in the Official Catalogue of vine varieties list A1. - Synonymy: no known synonym (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!).

Last vintages of this wine

Salt of the Earth - 2015

In the top 50 of of Darling wines

Average rating: 4.1

The best vintages of Salt of the Earth from Winery Groote Post are 2015

Informations about the Winery Groote Post

The winery offers 28 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.

It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Darling in the region of Western Cape

The Winery Groote Post is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of Darling to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 5000 of of South Africa wines

In the top 55 of of Darling wines

In the top 150000 of red wines

In the top 200000 wines of the world

The wine region of Darling

The wine region of Darling is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Groote Post or the Domaine Groote Post produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Darling are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Pinotage, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Darling often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, dark fruit or apples and sometimes also flavors of grapefruit, dried fruit or mulberry.

The wine region of Western Cape

The Western Cape is home to the vast majority of the South African wine industry, and the country's two most famous wine regions, Stellenbosch and Paarl. The city of Cape Town serves as the epicenter of the Cape Winelands, a mountainous, biologically diverse area in the south-western corner of the African continent. A wide variety of wines are produced here. Wines from the Shiraz and Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.

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