Winery Groote Post - The Old Man's Blend White

Winery Groote PostThe Old Man's Blend White

3.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The The Old Man's Blend White of Winery Groote Post is a white wine from the region of Darling of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, vegetarian or poultry.
The The Old Man's Blend White of the Winery Groote Post is in the top 20 of wines of Darling.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the The Old Man's Blend White of Winery Groote Post in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of microbio, vegetal or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Groote Post's The Old Man's Blend White.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
13.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.

Last vintages of this wine

The Old Man's Blend White - 2019
In the top 20 of of Darling wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
The Old Man's Blend White - 2018
In the top 20 of of Darling wines
Average rating: 3.411100
The Old Man's Blend White - 2017
In the top 20 of of Darling wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
The Old Man's Blend White - 2016
In the top 20 of of Darling wines
Average rating: 3.911110
The Old Man's Blend White - 2015
In the top 20 of of Darling wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
The Old Man's Blend White - 2014
In the top 20 of of Darling wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
The Old Man's Blend White - 2013
In the top 20 of of Darling wines
Average rating: 3.111100

The best vintages of The Old Man's Blend White from Winery Groote Post are 2016, 2014, 2019, 2017 and 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 10 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 greatest estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of Darling to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 3000 of of South Africa wines
In the top 25 of of Darling wines
In the top 30000 of white wines
In the top 150000 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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The word of the wine: Destemming

Action consisting in separating the grapes from the stalk before vinification. The stalk, the woody part of the bunch, may give the wine an unpleasant vegetal character.

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