At the DC Food and Wine Festival, I tried to quickly hit tables with wines I don’t get a lot of exposure to normally. I’ve had a few wines from South Africa, but not very many, so I made a beeline for the Wines of South Africa table. I felt bad for the woman pouring the wines. She didn’t speak much English, and the person really running the table had left her there without even opening the bottles for her…she didn’t seem to know how to work a corkscrew, so I offered my considerable skills (hehehe) and popped the corks for her. Sadly, she didn’t really know anything about the wines, so I just tasted through and left quickly.
2008 Cederberg Bukettraube-This was a new grape for me…normally I’d add it to my Century Club application, but Matt and I are trying to finish our applications together, so we’re only counting grapes we both tried. Lemon, citrus, grapefruit, light, crisp, tastes like Sauvignon Blanc.
2008 Springfield Estate Sauvignon Blanc-Peppers, grapefruit, lemon, crisp, good acidity.
2003 Springfield Estate Wild West Chardonnay-Pear, apple, tropical, pineapple, crisp.
2008 Indaba Shiraz-Strawberry, plum, dry, not very fruity, reserved.
2007 Graham Beck Pinotage-Earthy, animal, strawberry, cherry.
2007 Koopmanskloof Pinotage-Dark chocolate, pepper, rose, meat, cedar, smoke. Really liked this one.
2007 Koopmanskloof Shiraz- Very woody, fruity, raisins, port like, finish falls off.
An interesting selection. I would have liked to see more Sauvignon Blancs as I have tried some really nicely done ones from South Africa in the past.
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