Stellenbosch 2013
After picking up Katie & Chantelle at the Cape Town airport, we headed to Stellenbosch stopping at the 300 year old Vergelegen wine estate for picnic lunch. This was a most magnificent meal of meats and salads with an excellent Sauvignon Blanc at a table under the camphor trees, planted in 1706, followed by wine tasting number 1 (except poor Jeff, driver).
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Next day, we headed out a full day’s wine touring around Stellenbosch visiting 4 wineries and tasted 5 or 6 wines at each, picking up a few bottles to try later – a glorious day, beautiful sunny weather and some superb wines. We love Stellembosch.
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The third day highlight was a return to the Begrkelder Wine Bank where we’ve had a dozen Allesverloren 2007 Shiraz maturing since 2008. Staff took us to the cellar, opened a bottle of our wine (from their stock, not ours) plus a 2009 Shiraz and a 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon for comparison and told us if we couldn’t finish the 3 bottles to take them with us! We were most impressed with our wine. After, Katie and Chantelle asked if the Pinotage aged well – “Here take a bottle each of the 2007 and 2009 and see for yourselves” was the reply. What a place, what an afternoon.
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