The Chocolate Block Winery

The chocolate block is mostly syrah with some grenache cinsault cabernet sauvignon and viognier added to the blend.

The chocolate block winery. Sep 20 2017 explore vineyard brands s board the chocolate block followed by 6603 people on pinterest. Shortly into taking notes on this wine i gave up and wrote oh yum with less syrah and more grenache and cinsault than the 2016 it s super floral and spicy with a crushed berry freshness to the fruit that makes it immediately appealing. The wine has a long lingering finish reminiscent of swiss dark hazelnut chocolate.

More than 8000 ratings 2017 vintage this vintage rates better than any other year for this wine 2004 vintage. 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. Savoury ripe with dark berry cedar spice and smoky flavours on a smooth palate.

See more ideas about chocolate wine wines. This vintage rates better than any other year for this wine 2004 vintage popular among vivino users. 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.

Their winemaker marc kent is tight lipped about how exactly this wine is made but that only adds to its mystique. Chocolate block 2019 bottling note south africa s boekenhoutskloof is back with another superb vintage of the chocolate block. Syrah 71 grenache 11 cinsault 9 cabernet sauvignon 8 viognier 1 number of barrels produced.

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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. 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. It s made by boekenhoutskloof recently named south africa s winery of the year 2020.