.: Allee Bleue tasting at the Cape Town Club

This was held at the Cape Town Club in Queen Victoria Street and we managed to fit in a very quick tasting before another appointment. Cathy Raath has added Allée Bleue to the list of good wines that she represents. We were welcomed with a glass of their 2012 Brut Rosé MCC and shown a table of all the produce the farm produces. We were able to taste all the current wines and then some of the older vintages. Sadly we did not have time to taste their new port

The Cape Town Club’s glamorous exterior, a familiar location for Lynne as, many eons ago, she worked at J Walter Thompson Advertising agency, next door

New dad Dane Raath shows us the selection of products produced on the farm,

the herbs, olives, oil and, of course, the wines

Lynne and Dane in the foyer

The library

Another view of the library

The Port set out for tasting

Winemaker Van Zyl du Toit took us through some of the older wines . The Pinotage 2012 has just been voted one of the Top Ten in the ABSA Top Ten Pinotage competition. It is Allée Bleue’s third ABSA Pinotage Top 10 wine, and is the first wine from this varietal, while classified Wine of Origin Franschhoek, to be placed in this competition. It is also Van Zyl’s first award in this event