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Certification Summit: South Africa’s Coastal Region Handout – Part 2
Taste-along: Kaapzicht Winery Chenin Blanc, Stellenbosch 2018
Kaapzicht Winery
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Photo via: www.kaapzicht.co.za
100% Chenin Blanc 8-10 hours skin contact 3 months lees aging 13.3% abv Aromas: Pear, pineapple, peach, apricot, citrus, mineral, biscuit (lees), floral Palate: Fruity (hint of RS), crisp, “waxy” mouthfeel Flavors: Melon, grapefruit, peach Finish: Clean, lingering, mineral
Stellebosch District as part of South Africa’s Coastal Region in the Western Cape Geographic Unit
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Stellenbosch is the second-oldest wine growing region in South Africa (after Constantia)
Photo for history of Stellenbosch
Photo of Old Rhenish Mission Church by Raymond Ellis vis Wikimedia Commons
Eikestad – the City of Oaks
Photo via: www.winetourismza.blogspot.com
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Eerste River
The Eerste River – on the Spier Wine Estate
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Paarl
Simonsberg Franschhoek
Jonkershoekberg
Stellenboschberg
(Part of the Hottentots Helderberg Holland Mountains)
Elgin False Bay
Stellenbosch Climate: Overall—Mediterranean Hot, dry summers Cool, wet winters
Terroir
Soils: Sandstone Granite Clay Alluvial Breezy near the coast
Photo via: www.kanonkop.co.za Mountainous interior
Stellenbosch has the most plantings of any wine district in South Africa
39,317 acres/ 16.14% 15,911 ha of the country’s total
Photo via: www.rustenvrede.com
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Stellenbosch—Red Grapes: 63%
Cabernet Sauvignon 20%
Syrah 14%
Merlot 12%
Pinotage 8% Other reds 9%
Stellenbosch—White Grapes: 37%
Sauvignon Blanc 17%
Chenin Blanc 9%
Other white Chardonnay 4% 8%
Simonsberg-Stellenbosch
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Jonkershoek Valley
Banghoek
Bottelary
Polkadraai Hills
Devon Valley Papegaaiberg
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Leading producers in Stellenbosch include:
Any questions?
Taste-along: Boekenhoutskloof Chocolate Block 2017
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Boekenhoutskloof
The ravine of the Boekenhout (Cape Beech Tree)
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Red Blend: 64% Syrah, 14% Grenache, 11% Cinsault, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1% Viognier 14.76%abv Aromas Palate: Flavors: Finish:
Franschhoek Valley District as part of South Africa’s Coastal Region in the Western Cape Geographic Unit
10 Huguenots were French Protestants (mostly from the southern and western parts of France) who held to the Reformed tradition of Protestantism. (Most French Protestants were Lutherans)
Were severely prosecuted in the 1600s under several kinds, including Louis XIV's Edict of Fontainebleau. (French wars of religion, mostly Protestants vs Catholics) 9/23/2019
The area was originally inhabited by the Khoisan people, and—beginning in 1688—was settled by French Huguenots
Photo of the Huguenot Memorial by Janet Szymanowski via Wikimedia Commons
The Franschhoek Kitchen @ Holden Manz
Photos via: http://holdenmanz.com/
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Wemmershoek Mountains
Middleberg
Groot Drakenstein
Franschhoek Mountains
Wemmershoek Mountains
Middleberg
Groot Drakenstein
Franschhoek Mountains
Franshhoek Climate: Warm Mediterranean Mountains trap cool southerly wines
High trellising Soils: Alluvial sometimes needed Sandstone Granite Photo via: http://www.chamonix.co.za/
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Franschhoek Valley
1.25% of the country’s total 3,100 acres/ 1,254 ha Photo via: www.rustenvrede.com
Franschhoek—Red Grapes: 55%
Cabernet Sauvignon 16%
Syrah 15% Merlot 10% Pinot Noir 6% Other reds 2% Cabernet Franc Pinotage 2% 3%
Franschhoek—White Grapes: 45%
Sauvignon Chardonnay Blanc% 14% 15
Semillon Other white Chenin Blanc 7% 3% 6%
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Franschhoek is South Africa’s leading area for Méthode Cap Classique (MCC), with more than 20 estates specializing in sparkling wine
Photo credit: Natalie Roos via www.tailsofamermaid.com
Leading producers in Franshhoek include:
Any questions?
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