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Favourite wine at Caroline’s White Wine Review 2014 last night was the Boekenhoutskloof Semillon 2012. From Franschhoek vineyards, one block planted in 1902 and another...
The Syrah from Boekenhoutskloof has always been among the best that South Africa can do but I’m a bit underwhelmed by the current-release 2012 –...
The 2012 (Wine Cellar price: R500 a bottle) is the second release from the Swartland property owned by Boekenhoutskloof after the 2010 (they are apparently...
Today is the tasting for the Sanlam Cabernet Sauvignon Report 2014 (previously the Christian Eedes Cabernet Sauvignon Report presented by Sanlam Private Investments) and by...
An exciting discovery at the Constantia Food and Wine Festival held over the past weekend was the Sauvignon Blanc 2013 from Silvermist (R140 a bottle)....
As ever with The Chocolate Block from Boekenhoutskloof, there’s nothing not to like about the 2012 vintage (R219.99 a bottle from Liquour City Claremont). A...
The Sauvignon Blanc was presented to me blind and my immediate reaction was “That’s the way I like ‘em.” Peach, good concentration and texture (which...
Does Franschhoek make enough of its Semillon? Top of the pile is that from Boekenhoutskloof but the more you explore other examples, the more it...
When to catch the Semillon from Boekenhoutskloof in Franschhoek at its best? It tends to be sullen on release but then transforms into something very...
Much ado about old vines in recent times but the Semillon from Boekenhoutskloof has long featured such grapes – the oldest parcel planted “around 1900”...
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