We have had some excellent wines this last week. We had two super barrel-fermented choices from our cellar for International Chenin Blanc day on Friday and it was very hard to choose. We were having them with quite plebeian food, such is life at the moment, as we are not prepared to go out much and they made it taste superb. South African Chenin Blancs are magnificent, and we love it that they have such different styles
Hope Marguerite 2014 from Beaumont. It is complex, rich and golden on the nose showing its maturity with cooked apple and peach aromas and a little spice. So satisfying on the lovely palate, it was as fresh as a daisy with layer upon layer of crisp fruit: limes, peach, granny smith apple, so clean with length and depth. We had it with spicy Mexican Nachos and it stood up well and enhanced the food
On Sunday, for Father’s Day, we had a small traditional braai as John’s daughter was able to come to us. We had steak, lamb and boerewors with salads. The 2014 De Morgenzon Reserve was golden with age and had a whiff of the oak, apples both cooked and fresh, with the perfume of ripe golden delicious. Silky on the palate then stars of brightness lit up the palate with zingy and full ripe quince, pineapple, gooseberry and yellow peach. There were layers of flavour and a mellow oak flavour on the end
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