TAG | Stephane Ogier
AA Badenhorst Family Wines, Mullineux Family Wines, Porcelain Mountain Wines, Sequillo Cellars and The Sadie Family Wines invite you to the first annual Swartland Revolution Weekend.
When: 12 – 13 November 2010
Where: Riebeek Kasteel
Over the past 15 years the Swartland region has grown in stature and complexity and today there are enough contrasting wines to showcase this diversity over a weekend.
The aim of the revolutionary weekend is to raise general awareness of the area, and although there might be stylistic and philosophical differences in the wines to be showcased, they all share a common sense of place – as with all great wine regions of the world.
For the first forum we have invited Stefan Ogier from Domaine Michel & Stéphane Ogier from Ampuis, France. He is a world-renowned producer of fine Rhône wine.
There will also be tastings conducted by some of the local producers in formal and informal formats as well as great meals prepared by Reuben (of Reuben’s Restaurant fame) and local culinary hero Mynhardt Joubert of Bar Bar Black Sheep.
For more details including a teaser programme and booking information visit our website.
www.theswartlandrevolution.com
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FT, Malo & Stephane
0 Comments | Posted by chris in Hospice du Rhone, Mullineux Wines, White Blends
Another nice mention on our wines over the weekend, this time by Jancis Robinson as one of her sugestions for Summer drinking in the Northern Hemisphere, in the Financial Times. Here’s her comment:
Mullineux White 2008 Swartland
Super-talented new operation in South Africa makes the most of old bushvines in a recently revived region. Very complex blend for the money. Should age well.
FT Weekend - Food and Wine
This is interesting reading as tasting the wine recently we feel the 2008 White is possibly reaching a phase where it is settling down and tightening up, and does indeed look like it will age well. If you try a bottle we suggest decanting it, or drinking over a couple of days.
It also gives food for thought on our 2009 White which we are in the process of releasing. The ‘09 vintage of the wine only completed 50% of its malolactic fermentation, and as a result of the higher malic acid content tastes fresher and tighter, and almost more alive. It’s interesting to taste the two wines next to each other.
And, in a third related note, we had a bottle of 2008 Voignier de Rosine from Stephane Ogier over the weekend. Stephane was one of the speakers at this years Hospice du Rhone, and this was the first wine he presented in his seminar. If I remember correctly (we were a bit cloudy after the Margharitas he was buying us the night before…), he prefers not to allow his Viognier to go through malo, and this wine certainly benifits from the increased freshness. Maybe this is something we producers in the Swartland should look at…?
