Bold, dark and concentrated, this blend still shows some youthful restraint on the bouquet and palate. Their aim was to create south africas first five varietal bordeaux blend with a philosophy of gentle winemaking and detailed vineyard practices. Having ranked first in johannesburg and second in cape town, it impressed the tasters with deep velvety fruit, integrated, rich new oak and a luxuriously long and silky finish. The farms maiden release was the 1999 vintage fusion v a cabernet sauvignon driven five varietal bordeaux style blend a first for south africa wine industry. In his book number 17 xvii, chapter 35, he discusses why wines from certain areas are exceptional. Often compared to the famed supertuscans, it is a wine that is silky smooth yet powerful, and a worthy addition to any connoisseurs cellar. Fermented in barrel and then aged 18 months in 200% new french oak. Gorgeous and lush on the palate, with velvety smooth tannins providing structure to the expressive rustic, ripe raspberry, cherry, plum fruit notes. With this care we were able to create 600 bottles of. However, this fullbodied turbocharged wine is so damn silky smooth and seductive in a supertuscan kind of way, that its charms will be near impossible to resist. Africas first five varietal bordeaux blend with a philosophy of gentle winemaking and detailed vineyard practices. Browse our large selection from port2port today purveyors of fine wine.
Named after the seventeenth book of pliny where he discusses, amongst other things why wines from certain areas are exceptional. Recently voted as the best luxury wine in south africa. Great value south african wine in singapore winetoshare. Directors reserve wines, sold out maiden releases of both extreme wines. Often compared to the famed supertuscans, its a wine silky smooth yet powerful, and a worthy addition to any connoisseurs cellar. Dropping crop loads to 300g per vine usually 3kg per vine each bunch hand manicured on the vine. Granted the californian bottle was half the price, but i got a new found appreciation for good south african wine after it was all gone. How to pick wine for a book club book clubs are a great way to get people together. South africa is home to one of the oldest wine producing countries in the world, and yet it. Renowned for meticulous attention to detail, each of the 1419 book xvii 2017 bottles produced, are carefully labelled by hand. The tour was informative and they allowed to taste our wine at a leisurely.
However, this fullbodied turbocharged wine is so silky smooth and seductive in a way that its charms are impossible to resist. The south african red that luxury wine collectors around the world. Acidity is frisky and well integrated to bring freshness to the front of this elegant bordeaux right bank style blend. Only one critic we track has tasted this stellenbosch wine so far. It has a superripe creme decassis, fruitcake and fig scented bouquet with a palate that is ostentatious to the point of vulgarity. Private wine tour with wine expert to stellenboschfranschhoek wine regions 549 for wine lovers who want to get insider knowledge of the south african wine industry or just enjoy the amazing cape winelands. Last week wine cellar hosted a fascinating social wine experiment to determine sas. Join us on june 24th for zachys summer kickoff braai at zachys wine and liquor in scarsdale, ny.
To make a real great wine we have to follow at first a very old conclusion in the most radical way, as it was written in the book 17 of pliny the elder. Once you place your order online, we ship directly from the source, ensuring optimum cellaring conditions and guaranteed provenance. Zachys summer kickoff braai wine, food, beer, or spirits. Only 95 cases were made of this bordeauxstyle blend of 43% cabernet sauvignon, 33% malbec and 24% cabernet franc. Port2port is a fine wine marketplace and online wine shop. Wine enthusiast gave the 2014 vintage a score of 95.
More expensive than most red wines from stellenbosch. Seductive notes of toasted oak, cocoa nib, licorice and thin mint kiss the blackfruit core of boysenberry. Book xvii has an opulent creme decassis, fruitcake and fig scented bouquet with a palate that is ostentatious. Please tell the event host that you saw this post on. Free shipping with stewardship and fedex pickup availa. Hand harvesting and destemming with workers wearing surgical gloves. We put together hundreds of small steps of latest our understanding of great wine production. This iconic bordeaux blend is only available directly from the farm via.
Martin was obviously seduced by the wines elegance in the end as was i, which pulled it back from the cliff edge at the last minute. Find out about this as well as other selections in our wine catalogue. The attention to details they give to their vineyards and to the winemaking process is reflected in the wine. This huge, dense and firmly structured bottling absolutely begs for. Need something to aid unwind at the end of the day. Shop south african investment wine online we ship to the world. May 25, 2017 born from a desire to create south africas greatest wine, not a single one of the vast expenses spared. May we suggest book 17 xvii from south africa to ease your way. It has a superripe crlme decassis, fruitcake and fig scented bouquet with a palate that is ostentatious to the point of. Its a stellar example of the highend and highly cellarab javascript seems to be disabled in your browser. Made in very limited quantities never more than 1200 bottles from very low yields max 300g vine from specific parcels selected fo.
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