One of the best and most experienced representatives in the business,
Michelle Stewart and her daughter Kirsten have an impressive list of wines
and showed them at Judd's Local in Kloof Street
The Extreme Team - Michelle and Kirsten Stewart and Harry
Zelda Fox, winemaker at Charles Fox
We tasted and enjoyed the Reserve Rosé Cap Classique, a blend of Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier
Lovely red berry fruit, crisp and lively with long flavours
Hier wines are from the farm Rivergold in Bonnievale and are made by Entrepreneur and Cape Wine Master Jaco Pienaar
on Lourens van der Westhuizen's farm Arendsig, which is across the way from Rivergold
The Cinsault is made in a concrete egg and is full of dried fruit and cherries
Henry Kotze and his viticulturist wife Riette make Pilgrim and Mulderbosch winesThere were some impressive wines
The Steen op Hout Chenin has fruit, acidity and wood in perfect balance and is a great food wine
They make a Viura, which is a very unusual Spanish grape
Floral perfume on the nose, pretty enough to wear
Full on on the palate, great acidity to the balance the white stone fruit flavours.
Their Carmenere is juicy. Shy on the nose at first, full on flavour and warmth with dark berries, another wine for food
Floral perfume on the nose, pretty enough to wear
Full on on the palate, great acidity to the balance the white stone fruit flavours.
Their Carmenere is juicy. Shy on the nose at first, full on flavour and warmth with dark berries, another wine for food
Billy Hughes, Mark Herd and LRJ
Riette Kotze with Jodi Schiff, sales representative for Nativo wines
Vrede en Lust cellarmaster Karlin Nel and Maia Bezuidenhout, Sales manager
Their Sarah Cap Classique is an impressive blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir
Bready on the nose, chewy on the palate with cherries and red berries and good crispness
Carsten Migliarina never fails to really impress us with his carefully and thoughtfully made wines
His Bush Vine 2023 Chenin Blanc was our wine of the day and we were not the only ones
A beautifully perfumed nose with jasmin, rose and musk, then rich golden fruit
which follows through on the crisp, complex and layered palate, full of ripe stone fruit and delight
His 2023 Chardonnay from Elgin has lime, lemon and wonderful layers of crisp fruit and toasted wood
The Bushvine Chardonnay, the first, is hard to describe
Silent at first, quite elegant and French in style, then its rounded stone fruit opens to give warmth and wood
The 2023 Albariño has a delicate nose with some roast chicken umami notes
On the palate, lovely texture, layers of ripe yellow fruit, melon and lime. Lots of complexity
The 2022 Grenache is perfumed, lighter in colour and texture, with warmth and full on berry fruit. Chill this in summer
The 2021 Equilibrium has lovely red berries and spice on the nose and palate, full of texture and layered fruit
Two wines from Bizoe really impressed
The 2020 Idioglossia Malbec was served chilled, A dark heady red, full of black and red berry flavours with umami notes
A Wow!
The 2018 Semillon from Robertsvlei Road in Franschhoek was, as expected, excellent, full and layered
with wonderful mouthfeel and long flavours
Rikus Neethling, Bizoe
Juliette Torr, daughter of Clive Torr and Tanya Beutler, following in her parents' footsteps,
She is studying viticulture and oenology at Stellenbosch and already producing her own wines labelled Conviction
The Cabernet is from Elgin and has umami on the nose and palate
Fermented in barrels for 15 months. Pure cassis fruit delights and wood just supports
The C3 Cool Climate Cabernet has fruit to the fore and spent 15 months in new French oak
It is concentrated, the wine has been supplied with everything it needs and the wood is present,
it just needs time and cellaring to show its full potential
Marcus Nel and Juliette Torr
The Swanepoel wines
The SMG Rosé has perfume, rhubarb and chewy fruit
The 2021 Grenache Noir has roses and berries on the nose; the chalk bites, the rose continues
The 2020 Mourvedre has licorice umami, a good rush of red berry fruit and is a good food wine
THE 2022 SMG has a complex nose, hints of all three varietals, this wine has quality and needs time
The SMG Rosé has perfume, rhubarb and chewy fruit
The 2021 Grenache Noir has roses and berries on the nose; the chalk bites, the rose continues
The 2020 Mourvedre has licorice umami, a good rush of red berry fruit and is a good food wine
THE 2022 SMG has a complex nose, hints of all three varietals, this wine has quality and needs time
Dirk Swanepoel
Terre Paisible from Franschoek
It was too busy at the counter, so we did not get to taste these
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