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Pinot Noir 2011 “Young Vines I”
[av_font_icon color=” font=’entypo-fontello’ icon=’ue8d1′ size=’40px’ position=’left’ link=” linktarget=” av_uid=’av-6w9s5y’] Description Produced from young vines our Pinot Noir is sophisticated and full of character. It is bright and vibrant in colour with a beautiful balanced red berry flavour, a hint of spice, and an excellent finish. It is a very versatile food wine and will match perfectly with mushroom, duck,…
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Unoaked Chardonnay 2012
Tasting Notes Very pale in the glass, this wine is bright, light and fresh. With no exposure to oak the true characteristics of the Chardonnay grape have been retained. It is delicate and well balanced with citrus fruit and melon flavours. There are also hints of the natural South African flora, such as proteas and…
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Unoaked Chardonnay 2011
[av_font_icon color=” font=’entypo-fontello’ icon=’ue8d1′ size=’40px’ position=’left’ link=” linktarget=” av_uid=’av-5fzpj3′] Description Produced with no exposure to oak barrels, allowing full expression of the fruit from very young vines. It has a truly tropical perfume and personifies summer in a wine glass with aromas of pineapple and passion fruit. On the palate it is rich and textured…
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Sauvignon Blanc 2012
http://7springs.co.za/current-vintages/sauvignon-blanc/sauvignon-blanc-2012/Tasting Notes The Seven Springs Sauvignon Blanc continues to develop each year and yet retains its familiar fruit profile and mineral characteristics. Pale in the glass it has delightful aromas of pineapple, white peach and elderflower. There is an explosion of flavours on the palate that reveal a wine with true elegance and balance. As…
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Sauvignon Blanc 2010
[av_font_icon color=” font=’entypo-fontello’ icon=’ue8d1′ size=’40px’ position=’left’ link=” linktarget=” av_uid=’av-5heaia’] Description Aromas of apples and peaches with fresh lime on the palate ending with a crisp fruit acidity. This is what UK wine writer Jamie Goode had to say about the wine – ”Pure aromatics with some rich pear and peach notes as well as citrus freshness” …
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Sauvignon Blanc 2011
[av_font_icon color=” font=’entypo-fontello’ icon=’ue8d1′ size=’40px’ position=’left’ link=” linktarget=” av_uid=’av-6it65o’] Description Our second Sauvignon Blanc vintage continues in the Seven Springs style. The wine has a delicate perfume, tantalizing ripe fruit on the palate with good lingering minerality. Enjoy ripe apples and peaches with hints of the natural vegetation of the area, fynbos , and fresh…
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Chardonnay 2011
Tasting Notes The wine is fresh and fragrant, with a delicate balance between crisp citrus, tropical fruits and subtle toasted oak. It is elegant with a crisp minerality stemming from the terroir and the cooling influences of the nearby Atlantic Ocean only 8km away. A great food match with rich chicken and pasta dishes. Decanter World Wine…
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South African #Braaiday Friday – Wine Passionista
Living in London one thing is certain – you can never count on the weather. So we plan our picnics in the park and our summer cookouts and keep our fingers crossed it isn’t a washout. Sometimes we get lucky and others, well…we don’t let a little rain dampen our spirits. Nowhere was this more…
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Chardonnay 2010
[av_font_icon color=” font=’entypo-fontello’ icon=’ue8d1′ size=’40px’ position=’left’ link=” linktarget=” av_uid=’av-5uvrm5′] Description [av_font_icon color=” font=’entypo-fontello’ icon=’ue836′ size=’40px’ position=’left’ link=” linktarget=” av_uid=’av-dg7p9′] Review Some of our Chardonnay reviews Glenda Van Blerk – CapeTownWineBlog BottlePlatePillow.com – Wine Farm Search engine (Facebook) Michael Olivier – Food & Wine Guru (Page 10) Miguel Chan – Sommelier Richard Saxton – The Graped Crusader…
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Winter bottling, brrrrr.
July 5th 2012 started out much the same way any winters day in South Africa would, cold and dark. The weather however was not enough to keep me in bed, because we had some wines to bottle; namely the 2012 Sauvignon Blanc and Un-oaked Chardonnay and 2011 Syrah. I jumped out of bed, ready for the day, the final step, from picking…
Seven Springs Vineyard
Wines from the Overberg
