The Benfits of Single - Super Single!

Super Single Vineyards

 My favourite part of this tasting was drinking wine from Sutherland - real Sutherland. It made me feel like I was home with mum with a plate of stew & a fireplace (not that we've ever had a fireplace but it added a nice homeliness to the thought).

WHITE:

·         Pella The Vanilla 2011: Jasmine but acidy, 100% American oak, dry, sweet nose, buttery roundness & body, rich, layered, room temperature butter, thinking wine, Chenin, winter white, creamy, yoghurt –based dishes (/)

RED:

·         Pella Syrah 2007: Spice, red fruit nose, spicy yet sweet, textured, white pepper, high alcohol, bitterness at back of throat, gets smoother as you drink

·         Pella Cabernet Sauvignon 2008: Soft like room temperature butter, subtle tannins, shy, lurking spice, food wine, aging potential, grippy mouth feel, rich, bottle aged before release (*)

·         Mount Sutherland Syrah 2009: Karoo! Sutherland. Cake batter nose, textured & tanniny, 1^st vintage, 1 500m above sea level, comforting winter time with stew – winter at home wine – homey. (***)

·         Mount Sutherland Syrah 2010: Fruity nose, savoury, soft mouthfeel, figs & blue cheese, Rhone style, first continental style SA wine, heavier & richer, creamy, grapefruit, tanniny

Wine-related Wisdom:

·         Burn tyres to avoid black frost

·         From a place where you see “baboons riding sheep”

·         Freeze outside of leaves by sprinkling with water vs freezing through

·         “Snorting brie”

·         Garagiste = not more than 10 000 bottles produced