Winery The Blacksmith - The Horsemen Pale Rider

Winery The BlacksmithThe Horsemen Pale Rider

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(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 The Horsemen Pale Rider of Winery The Blacksmith is a red wine from the region of Darling of Western Cape.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Food and wine pairings with The Horsemen Pale Rider

Pairings that work perfectly with The Horsemen Pale Rider

Original food and wine pairings with The Horsemen Pale Rider

The The Horsemen Pale Rider of Winery The Blacksmith matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of harira de mamie (moroccan soup) or savoyard crust or cheese crust.

Details and technical informations about Winery The Blacksmith's The Horsemen Pale Rider.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
12.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cornalin du Valais

Very old vine cultivated in the Swiss Valais, resulting from a natural crossing between the petit rouge(*) and the mayolet. It is the father of red humagne, also called cornalin d'Aoste, the grandfather of durize or petit rouge du Valais or rouge de Fully and a relative of goron. - Synonymy: old red of Valais, red of the country in Switzerland, landroter (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!). - Description: medium-sized bunches, cylindrical, winged, compact, strong medium-sized peduncles with little lignification; medium-sized berries, spherical or short elliptical, skin of a beautiful bluish black colour with a lot of bloom. The foliage turns completely red in the fall. - Production potential: early budding in the year. Capricious and difficult variety. Particularly likes the limestone soils of well exposed hillsides that warm up quickly enough, lean and well drained. Semi-erect bearing, vigorous with irregular production. Resists well to winter frosts. Susceptible to the main diseases, especially to oidium and grey rot. Also susceptible to magnesium deficiency and stalk dehydration. Maturity: 3rd early season

Last vintages of this wine

The Horsemen Pale Rider - 2018
In the top 100 of of Darling wines
Average rating: 411110
The Horsemen Pale Rider - 0
In the top 100 of of Darling wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of The Horsemen Pale Rider from Winery The Blacksmith are 2018, 0

Informations about the Winery The Blacksmith

The winery offers 22 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
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 The Blacksmith is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in the of Darling to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 8500 of of South Africa wines
In the top 400 of of Darling wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 350000 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.

The word of the wine: Budding

Phase of the vegetative cycle of the vine corresponding to the bursting of the buds and the appearance of the first leaves.

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