The Winery The Blacksmith of Swartland of Western Cape

Winery The Blacksmith
The winery offers 22 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 78 of the estates of Western Cape.
It is located in Swartland in the region of Western Cape

The Winery The Blacksmith is one of the world's great estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in of Swartland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery The Blacksmith wines

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

The top red wines of Winery The Blacksmith

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery The Blacksmith

How Winery The Blacksmith wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of seven o'clock leg of lamb, duck breast with pepper sauce or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery The Blacksmith

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery The Blacksmith

  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.78/5

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

  • Cinsault
  • Grenache
  • Carignan
  • Durif
  • Pinotage
  • Cinsaut

Discovering the wine region of Swartland

South African renaissance north of Cape Town: signature Chenin Blanc as king white (old bush vines) — full and mineral with notes of quince, honey, yellow fruits, toasted almond and a saline touch, noble texture and a refined finish. Signature Syrah as king red — spicy and fleshy with blackberry, raspberry, garrigue and pepper, fine tannins. Grenache and Cinsault complete it. Non-interventionist winemaking (whole bunch, old foudres).

Dry Mediterranean, granite and schist.

The top white wines of Winery The Blacksmith

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery The Blacksmith

How Winery The Blacksmith wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or lean fish such as recipes of quenelles in nantua sauce, marinated tacaud fillets or medallions of monkfish with citrus fruits.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery The Blacksmith

On the nose the white wine of Winery The Blacksmith. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery The Blacksmith. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery The Blacksmith

  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Colombard

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.

The top sparkling wines of Winery The Blacksmith

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery The Blacksmith

How Winery The Blacksmith wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of chicken and shrimp jambalaya, cambodian amok or apple cake.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery The Blacksmith

  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery The Blacksmith.

  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Shipping (liquor)

In champagne and wines made according to the traditional method, wine is added before corking to fill the void in the bottle created by disgorging. This added wine is often sweetened by sugar incorporated in variable proportions according to the style of wine sought (see dosage). Syn.: liqueur de dosage.

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Discover the grape variety: Cinsault

Light, fresh reds with a clear robe, supple tannins and a tender mouth, featuring aromas of wild strawberry, raspberry, rose, peony and soft spices. The absolute pillar of Provençal rosés (Côtes de Provence AOC, Bandol rosé) to which it brings finesse and freshness, also a component of GSM blends in Côtes-du-Rhône and Languedoc. Also a single variety in South Africa where it is a parent of Pinotage. Historic southern French grape.