R1,770 - R2,700
R1,800
2015 Soetkaroo Estate Cape Vintage Reserve
x 6 bottles 750ml
PLEASE NOTE THIS WINE IS IN JOHANNESBURG
The SoetKaroo Wine Estate consists of just one hectare of land, a 'village farm' in the heart of Prince Albert. And this is where husband and wife team, Herman and Susan Perold, live and make their dessert wine from their own grapes. After moving into their old Cape Dutch cottage, the husband and wife team soon started converting the 1ha of land behind their house into a small but productive vineyard. Planting started in 2000 and under Herman’s lead they established a small vineyard with four different cultivars; Red Muscat d’Alexandrie (Red Hanepoot), Red Muscat de Frontignan (Red Muscadel), Petit Verdot and Touriga Nacional, all suited to the dry hot climate of the Great Karoo.
“Our initial idea was to make a single, blended fortified wine and we planted the deep red cultivars, Petit Verdot and Touriga Nacional, with the idea that these grapes would add colour and complexity to our end product,” Susan explains. “We rather liked the natural colour of Red Hanepoot and decided on separate cultivar wines rather than one pretty blend, so there are now three separate cultivars on offer.”
More than half of the total vineyard was planted with the rare Red Muscat d’Alexandrie (Red Hanepoot) cultivar. Herman says there are only about 10 000 of these vines registered as wine grapes in South Africa and 2 000 of them are planted in their backyard.
Intense berry fruit, fresh savoury notes, cinnamon spice nose and flavours that add opulence to the hallmark dry-edge of true Port. Well balanced with lots of character and a long finish.
Just 800 bottles produced.
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Room and Absentee Bids:| 1 to 10000: | 23% inc VAT* |
| 10001+: | 19.55% inc VAT* |
| 1 to 10000: | 23% inc VAT* |
| 10001+: | 19.55% inc VAT* |
