Onward to
Franschhoek
John has a booking for a large tour party in February, who will start their tour in Franschhoek and we
wanted to recce some of the places he will be taking them
The first is
Chamonix, where we were delighted to find winemaker Gottfried Mocke, who gave
us a tour of the wine cellar and a tasting of his 2014 Chardonnay, made in an
oxidised style in one of his ceramic egg fermenters, two delicious Cabernet
Francs - one matured in barriques and one in a large vat - and a classic
Pinotage, all from the tanks, where they await bottling in the next few days. We
suspect there may be some winners in that group. They were all 2013. They begin
harvest in a few days
Gottfried
taking a sample of the Cabernet Franc from the tank
Talking about
the wine
The underground
cellar at Chamonix where they store the barrels. These empty barrels are
waiting for this year’s wine
Older vintages resting in the library cellar
© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2015
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