Achieving decent Merlot under local conditions is tricky, but if anyone’s got a handle on it, then it’s Carl Schultz of Hartenberg in Stellenbosch. He won the 2005 Diners Club Winemaker of the Year Award with his 2004 and the 2009 (R125 a bottle) … [Read more...]
Boekenhoutskloof Syrah 2009
January 22, 2013 by 1 Comment
During this past weekend’s Wine Tasting Academy, every sort of Shiraz from Hartenberg Gravel Hill 2007 through Kalleske Pirathon Shiraz 2006 from Barossa, Craggy Range Block 14 Gimblett Gravels Vineyard 2005 from Hawkes Bay and Rostaing La Landonne … [Read more...]
Christian Eedes Chardonnay Report 2012: Top 10 Wines
October 3, 2012 by 6 Comments
The second annual Christian Eedes Chardonnay Report presented in conjunction with Sanlam Private Investments is now out. This involved putting together a line-up of 60 high-profile wines, either currently available or soon to be released, and then … [Read more...]
Hartenberg The Stork Shiraz 2003
September 10, 2012 by 3 Comments
Alcohol is a natural preservative and it seems to be playing that role in the case of Hartenberg The Stork Shiraz 2003, a wine with an abv given as 15% on the label and 15.5% according to the 2006 edition of Platter’s. The Stork is … [Read more...]
Paul Cluver Riesling 2006
February 9, 2012 by 1 Comment
In an article that appeared The Sydney Morning Herald’s website recently, leading Australian wine critic Huan Hooke writes of Rielsing as follows: “the varietal is somewhat less than fashionable and sales have been flat for years, even though it … [Read more...]
Hartenberg The Snuffbox Merlot 2006
November 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
This was maiden vintage of an ultra-premium Merlot made exclusively for Alan Pick of the Johannesburg restaurant Butcher Shop and Grill. If Pinotage used to be South Africa’s weakest red wine category ten years ago, it’s now Merlot but this … [Read more...]
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