Wilderer
Cape Fynbos Spirit Aperitif
Aperitif from South Africa
Bottle size:
500 ml
Shipping: R110 nationwide
Delivery is within 1–2 business days to main centres and 3–4 business days to outlying areas.
Master Distiller Helmut Wilderer, the father of South African craft spirits, personally hand selected 27 indigenous botanicals of which many belong to the Cape Fynbos Floral Kingdom. Flowers, berries, barks, peels, roots, stems and leaves ranging from rose petals to Renosterbos all come together in harmony. Fresh ingredients and flowers are hand-picked from the estate’s gardens, while specialized Fynbos species and other herbs are sustainably harvested and include: the famous Buchu Betulina, which has been used as a traditional South African medicine for hundreds of years and provides a distinctive herbal aroma and taste. Wild Dagga's active ingredient: leonurine has been proven to improve myocardial function and is also used as a recreational remedy for high blood pressure and stress. Honeybush provides further depth and complex flavour to this full-bodied gin.
This is a fynbos-based spirit aperitif (digestif) crafted by macerating over 30 indigenous Cape Fynbos herbs—such as wild rosemary, African wormwood, devil’s claw, buchu in a grappa-distilled base for 6 months, then diluted and cold-filtered to a clear amber hue. Bottling includes a decorative twig of Coleonema album as a final touch.
Nose:
Intensely aromatic, bursting with herbal fynbos, classic liquorice and aniseed, plus refreshing mint and nutty-spice highlights.
Palate:
Robust herbal bitterness meets medicinal fynbos traits (buchu, sceletium, uzara), with warming spice tingling through, characteristic of a digestive profile.
Finish:
Smooth warming effect that lightly stimulates digestion, with lingering herbaceous bitterness and clean aftertaste.