Chocolate Block Wine Estate

The chocolate block franschhoek western cape.

Chocolate block wine estate. As a producer boekenhoutskloof is a syrah specialist with its premium boekenhoutskloof range selling out on release each vintage and the chocolate block a syrah based blend is probably the most successful new wine offering to come out of south africa in the modern era. Marc kent is the owner chief winemaker and driving force behind the chocolate block which has been nicknamed the wine with secrets to keep and is produced under the boekenhoutskloof label. The quest to understand the name of this wine and the wine itself is now the stuff of legend it s even launched a graphic novel.

Home red wine the chocolate block. This is the 2019 vintage with a core of syrah supported by grenache cinsault cabernet sauvignon and viognier aged in a combination of new and used french oak as well as barriques. The 2019 chocolate block is a blend of.

While we are not about to reveal all we can say that the style of the wine is a reflection of our belief that the cape with its mediterranean climate is eminently suited to blended reds. The make up of this wine is tweaked from vintage to vintage to. Bitter dark chocolate on the palate with cold soaked game.

A red wine from franschhoek coastal region western cape south africa. 750ml blends featured medium dry red wine south africa tag. Like all superstars the way to stay timeless is to change adapt.

Boekenhoutskloof the chocolate block 93 by tim atkin 2017 vintage among top 1 of all wines in the world 2019 vintage. Made from shiraz syrah cabernet sauvignon viognier cinsaut cinsault. Chocolate block 2019 bottling note south africa s boekenhoutskloof is back with another superb vintage of the chocolate block.

Winemaker marc kent tweaks each year s vintage to best reflect the character of his ancient vines the year s seasons and the sometimes wild sometimes calm weather that the grapes ripen in on south africa s western cape. Syrah 71 grenache 11 cinsault 9 cabernet sauvignon 8 viognier 1 number of barrels produced. The quest to understand the name of this wine and the wine itself is now the stuff of legend it s even launched a graphic novel see here.