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| CHOCOLATE BLOCK 2016 WO Swartland |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
BOEKENHOUTSKLOOFTHE |
| Extremely deep intense purple colour. Intense, spicy, lime-tinged, baked plum-cherry nose with some cedary, smoky, mocha-chocolate notes. Dry, medium-full bodied, well structured, bright, mocha-chocolae flavours with a lingering, high acid, cedar-sandalwood finish. This new Swartland blend of 69% Syrah,14% Grenache Noir, 11% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cinsault has 14% alcohol and 5 g/L residual sugar with lot number 35617 on the lower part of the glass bottle. The 2015 (***) with 90-points was released on November 25, 2017 at $39.95. |
CSPC |
129353 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
Uni Vin |
| Country |
South Africa |
| Region |
 |
| Rating |
***(91 points)
Tangy, Dense, Spicy |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
A Vintage Assessments Explorer's Selection! |
| TASTING NOTE: This is the second vintage of The Chocolate Block from Swartland fruit, combining mostly Syrah with Grenache, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsaut and Viognier aged in older wood. For such a huge blend (590,000 bottles), it's especially impressive in drought-affected 2016 with crowd-pleasing blackberry, bramble and tapenade flavours framed by oak. 2018-24. Score - 92 (Tim Atkin, MW, timatkin.com, South Africa Special Report 2017) |
Price |
$ 39.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - June 9, 2018 |
| Cases bought |
98 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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