L'Amour Toujours

Paired with confit of duck or a rich and delectable oxtail potjie with jacket sweet potatoes, this wine brings out the heart in any meal.

The grapes were sources from selected mountain vineyards in the Banghoek area, a ward in Stellenbosch for their individuality.

The finished wine underwent MLF in barrel and further maturation for 18 months before carefully putting together the blend prior to bottling. All the barrels used were French oak and 60% were new and the rest 2nd fill.

After harvesting,and cooling, the grapes were sorted, crushed and then put in red wine fermenters and a cold soak done @ 7° C for 4 days. After inoculation with selected yeast, the pump over’s started on all but the Merlot on which we prefer to do manual punch down to extract the colour and flavour. Extended maceration of up to 24 days also lends depth of flavours and structure.

ALLEE BLEUE Wine Estate owes its name to the statuesque, blue eucalyptus trees that magnificently line the entrance to this prestigious South African tourism destination. For us however, this name also expresses our philosophy, homage to the blue planet, to the sky and water and to the colour of peace.