Kanonkop were in the midst of processing Cabernet Sauvignon. Grapes were coming in by truck loads and the plastic baskets emptied into the destalker, then onto vibrating table, then through optical sorter before being pumped into the open topped kuipe fermenters.
We had a tasting of 7 wines, plus the fabled £100 a bottle Black Label Pinotage. Dan bought a Kanonkop hat and Krisie a bottle of Kadette Pinotage Rose.
Abrie Beeslaar told me that grapes for this vintage were excellent quality. Rains in October had nourished vines and they had no prolonged heat spells.
On way to Spice Route we saw a most unusual cloud, like a volcano had erupted.
Lunch at La Grapperia Bistro and Pizzeria was on veranda overlooking vineyard and the valley. I had Wiener Schnitzel and the other 3 had pizza.
Joan chose a bottle of Spice Route Grenache Noir 2016, but it was served warm and in horrible cheap thick glasses. Not what is expected at a winery
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| View from our table |
Then we had a chocolate tasting at De Villiers before driving next door to Fairview,
where after admiring the (awfully smelly) goats and iconic Goat Tower,
Dan & Krisie enjoyed a wine and cheese pairing tasting.
Fairview closed at 17:00 so back to the apartment and to dinner at Spur with a bottle each of Kanonkop Kadette and Estate 2017 Pinotages.
Photos of Kanonkop and cloud courtesy of Krisie
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