The Winery The War Horse of Stellenbosch of Western Cape

Winery The War Horse
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 2097 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Stellenbosch in the region of Western Cape

The Winery The War Horse is one of the best wineries to follow in Stellenbosch.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Stellenbosch to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery The War Horse wines

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

The top white wines of Winery The War Horse

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery The War Horse

How Winery The War Horse wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of sublime fish and shrimp colombo, shrimp in coconut milk curry or fillet of saithe with mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery The War Horse

In the mouth the white wine of Winery The War Horse. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery The War Horse

  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Chenin Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Stellenbosch

The wine region of Stellenbosch is located in the region of Coastal Region of Western Cape of South Africa. We currently count 582 estates and châteaux in the of Stellenbosch, producing 3443 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Stellenbosch go well with generally quite well with dishes .

The top red wines of Winery The War Horse

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery The War Horse

How Winery The War Horse wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of shoulder of suckling lamb confit with herbs, chicken with merguez and tomatoes or rabbit with mustard, thyme and cream.

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discover the grape variety: Folignan

Folignan blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Languedoc). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. It should be noted that this variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. Folignan blanc can be found cultivated in the following vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery The War Horse

Planning a wine route in the of Stellenbosch? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery The War Horse.

Discover the grape variety: Roi des noirs

Interspecific crossing between 29 Seibel (70 jeager x Vitis Vinifera unknown) and the danugue made by Eugène Contassot, who would have given the seeds of the harvested grapes to Albert Seibel (1844-1936). The King of the Blacks has been widely cultivated, particularly in southwestern France and in the center-west, where we have found and photographed it. It was used several times as a sire by Albert Seibel, rubilande or 11803 Seibel is a good example.

News about Winery The War Horse and wines from the region

Walls’ hidden gems: Mas de Libian, Ardèche

Our feet crunched through layers of dry oak leaves as we climbed a pebbly path towards the vineyards behind the farmhouse. Roots go deep here. Not just the tall oaks and squat vines, but families too. I walked the vineyards at Mas de Libian with Hélène Thibon, but it was her father Jean-Pierre that greeted me when I arrived. Hélène’s sister Catherine was out front with Bambi the horse, ploughing the sandier plots. Later, we tasted in the winery with Hélène’s son Aurélien. Three generations of a ...

More must-taste wines selected by Decanter’s Regional Editors for DFWE NYC

In the second part of this series, Decanter’s editorial team members highlight the wines they are looking forward to tasting at the upcoming Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Tina Gellie – Content Manager and Regional Editor (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa) Burrowing Owl, Cabernet Sauvignon, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada 2019 In 2016, while on a press trip to British Columbia’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys, I had the pleasur ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Cryo-extraction

This technique was very popular at the end of the 80's in Sauternes, a little less so now. The grapes are frozen before pressing, and the water transformed into ice remains in the marc, only the sugar flows out. As with the concentrators, the "cryo" can also increase bad taste and greenness.