South Africa: top producers, bottlings, etc Flashcards

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Kokerboom

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Sadie Family Wines
Olifants River Region
Semillon planted in the 1930s
1st vintage in 2009

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‘T Voetpad

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Sadie Family Wines
Swartland District
Semillon, Chenin Blanc, Palomino, and Muscat of Alexandria on Table Mountain sandstone soils. Planted from 1900 to 1928.

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Palladius

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Sadie Family Wines
White - kitchen sink blend
Chenin Blanc, Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Roussanne, Viognier, Clairette, Palomino, Sémillon, Sémillon Gris and Verdelho

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Treinspoor

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Sadie Family Wines
Tinta Barroca

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Columella

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Sadie Family Wines
Syrah, Mourvèdre, Grenache, Tinta Barocca, Cinsault, and Carignan. Inaugural vintage 2000.

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Hamilton Russell

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Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
Hemel-en-Aarde

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Badenhorst Family Wines

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Swartland

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Mullineux Family Wines

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Swartland

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Olerasay Straw Wine

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Mullineux
85% from 35- to 60-year-old vines and 15% from 20-year-old vines. Grapes dried for two to four weeks in the shade for partial raisination, then fermented with native yeast in barrel for about 12 months. Unfined and unfiltered. Non-vintage, first release in 2014.

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Klein Constantia

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Cape Town District

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Vin de Constance

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Klein Constantia
Crop is reduced by half on the vines, then left to dry until late in the season, with little botrytis impact, if any. Late-harvest grapes are blended with fresh and aged in a combination of 50% new French oak, Hungarian oak, and French Acacia, with three years on the lees before racking, blending, and an additional six months in tank before bottling. Inaugural vintage 1986.

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Black Label Pinotage

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Kanonkop
Stellenbosch
Sourced from bush vines planted in 1953. Aged in 100% new French oak. Inaugural vintage 2006.

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Boekenhoutskloof

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Franschhoek Valley District

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Graham Beck

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Robertson District

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15
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Capensis is a partnership between _______ and _______?

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Graham Beck
Kendall Jackson

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Cuvée Clive

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Graham Beck
Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Fermented in French oak and aged 60 months on the lees. Named after Graham Beck’s late son. Inaugural vintage 2003.

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Cartology

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Alheit Vineyards
Western Cape GI
Chenin Blanc from 30- to 80-year-old dry-farmed vines. Inaugural vintage 2011.

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Meerlust Estate

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Stellenbosch
Significant for its Rubicon bottling, released in 1980. A blend of Bordeaux varieties at a time when Bordeaux varieties weren’t quite common.

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Rubicon (South Africa)

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Meerlust Estate

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot. Not produced in 1985, 1990, 2002, or 2011. Inaugural vintage 1980.

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De Wetshof Estate

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Robertson

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Ken Forrester Wines

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Stellenbosch