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$11.70
Dark Horse Buttery Chardonnay highlights the same full-bodied, oaky taste profile found in the world’s top...
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$8.99
Bold and complex, Dark Horse Cabernet Sauvignon layers dark fruit aromas with notes of toasted oak and dark...
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$11.11
$11.70
Invite affordable luxury to your dinner table with this crisp classic. With welcoming pineapple aromas, this winning...
750ml
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$8.55
Curl up near the fire with our darkest red. With layers of blackberry fruit, ripe blueberries and warm threads of...
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$12.76
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Complement your dinner with our layered Dark Horse Merlot. With notes of dark cherry, blackberry, and toasted oak,...
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Dark Horse
Region: California
California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.
Country: United States
Whilst there are several strains of native grape varietals in the United States, it was the introduction of the European species which prompted the country to begin producing wines on a large scale. Over the past few centuries, experimentation and cross-breeding has produced great successes in regards to the quality and suitability of the fruit grown in states such as California, Oregon, Washington and New York, and the past few decades have seen New World wines from the United States reach much higher standards. Arguably the finest United States wines have always come out of California, where the climate and terrroir is most suitable for fine wine production. The masterful blending of classic grape varietals such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, amongst others including Syrah and Chardonnay, have had world beating results in recent years, prompting many to suggest that there has never been a better time for buying and drinking United States wines.