Dornier
An educational
tasting involving learning not only about more examples of The Good Wine, but
also fascinating facts about lesser wines.
WHITE:
- Cocoa Hill Bush Vine Chenin Blanc (2013): Green apple, pineapples, vague Chevin, sprightly, white peach, acidic.
- Semillon Reserve (2011): 1st fill oak, fermented on the lees in tank. Buttered roses, shortbread & caramel, perfumey jasmine, floral dolmades, orange rind in butter, orangey Hollandaise, lurking maple syrup. (**)
ROSE:
- Cocoa Hill Rose (2013): 100% Merlot, Blanc de Noir style, 4 months on lees. Soft pink peppercorns, strawberry & salmon, soft pink balsamic strawberry Chevin drizzle, marshmallow meringue. (*)
RED:
- Cocoa Hill Red (2013): 50% Merlot, 40% Shiraz, 6% Petit Verdot, 4% Cab. Smoked dark chocolate, soft with a midget kick in the back, dusty pepper, wet biltong, mushroom soil.
- Malbec Reserve (2011): Toasted coffee cherries, baked cherry tart with chocolate/coffee digestive biscuit crust, initially sour but smooths out, yoghurt tannins, blue cheese with tangy berry coulis, gay cat tongue.
- Donatus Red (2009): 84% Cab, 8% Malbec, 8% Cab Franc, 50% French oak, 16 months. Fragrant blueberries, blueberry muffins, drinking coffee mousse clouds, lurking youngberry coulis with chocolate shavings.(**)
Dotings from Dornier:
- Cellar roof is shaped to imitate the Stellenbosch mountains.
- The bottom the label mirrors the roof.
- Bodega (Spanish for wine cellar) – Restaurant at the farm
- Donatus is a family uncle, the name means donation
- Tassenberg is 45% Argentinean Malbec
- Semillon is the mushroom of wines – if you treat it like shit, it grows well
- No single Semillon was produced in 2012/2013
- Cocoa Hill name relates back to a story of a pirate who was the first to plant grapes at the back of the farm’s hill.
- Dornier was a German aircraft manufacturer during the war.
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