Babylonstoren
Sprankel
Sparkling Wine from Simonsberg-Paarl, South Africa
Bottle size:
750 ml
Shipping: R99 nationwide
Babylonstoren
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.
Description
Colour: Attractive, pale golden straw, tinged with green. Bouquet: A stylish nose fragrant with ripe quince, lime blossom, lemon verbena and ruby grapefruit which deepens into layers of brioche and apricot tarte tatin. Taste: Pure and concentrated, with fresh acidity and a fine, silky mousse. The extended lees contact adds wonderful vinous depth, creating a seamless and beautifully crafted wine to enjoy now, but with the balance and grace to mature for much longer. It certainly puts the “joie” back into joie de vivre.
Food Pairing
Delicious with fresh seafood such as oysters, pan-fried scallops, grilled crayfish or steamed crab with beurre blanc.
