Shiraz

This Shiraz pairs wonderfully with dishes such as steak in pepper sauce, duck breast, or game, complementing the wine's rich and spicy profile.

he vineyards are situated on the slopes of the Simonsberg Mountain, between the wine-growing areas of Franschhoek, Stellenbosch, and Paarl in the Western Cape, South Africa. The soil comprises Klapmuts/Longlands types of Malmesbury shale origin, providing a suitable terroir for Shiraz cultivation.

The wine is matured for 18 months in 300-litre French oak barrels, with 70% being new and 30% second-fill, enhancing its complexity and structure.

Fermentation occurs on the skins for approximately seven days, followed by an extended maceration period of about one week. The wine is then pressed into a combination of 70% new and 30% second-fill 300-litre French oak barrels. After malolactic fermentation, it is racked and returned to the barrels for a total of 18 months of maturation before bottling.

Babylonstoren is one of the oldest Cape Dutch farms, set at the foot of Simonberg in the Franschhoek wine valley. It has a fruit and vegetable garden of beauty and diversity, unique accommodation, fine food and wine, and evokes a sense of wellbeing. Our wines are produced in a state-of-the-art winery and are made to showcase the soils and climate where their grapes are grown. The Tasting Room sits adjacent to the Wine Cellar, offering views of the conical Babylonstoren hill, Simonsberg and the Banghoek Mountains. We have about 94 hectares (232 acres) under vine and produce 13 different grape varieties, with our highest vines – pinot noir and chardonnay – lying against Simonsberg at some 600 metres above sea level. Led by cellar master Charl Coetzee and winemaker Klaas Stoffberg, the farm’s 2011 harvest led to the first bottling of wine under the Babylonstoren label.