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Franschhoek old-vine Semillon makes for some impressive wines have Boekenhoutskloof and Landau du Val have proved often. Now Wynand Grobler of Rickety Bridge has made...
With the Cape weather not yet mild enough to make Sauvignon Blanc an enticing proposition, I thought I’d opt something rich and textural like a...
The 2014 vintage of The Old Vine Series Kokerboom made by Eben Sadie is demanding stuff. From Olifantsrivier Semillon, the vineyards were planted in the...
Attie Louw, winemaker at Slanghoek winery Opstal seems to be growing in confidence – first the very accomplished Chenin Blanc under the Carl Everson label...
Kokerboom 2013 is part of Eben Sadie’s acclaimed The Old Vine Series and when I came across a bottle at Wine Concepts on Kloof for...
I went through a phase not so long ago of being unenamoured with local single-variety Semillon as most examples were too weird but those working...
Is Franschhoek Semillon some kind of magic ingredient that automatically lifts your white blend from good to great? Chris Alheit’s Cartology has a dash of...
Not one but two extraordinary wines from Franschhoek Semillon in the space of a week – first the Boekenhoutskloof 2012 (see here) and then the...
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...
At a lunch hosted by Stellenzicht on Friday, a chance to re-visit the Semillon Reserve 2009 (R100 a bottle). It showed form early on –...
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