Viognier

This wine pairs beautifully with mild and creamy curries, dishes featuring ginger, saffron, or coconut, as well as fruity dishes like chicken or lamb tagine with apricot​.

The grapes are grown on the slopes of Simonsberg Mountain, between the wine regions of Franschhoek, Stellenbosch, and Paarl in the Western Cape, South Africa. The soil consists of Dundee-type soils of Table Mountain sandstone, providing a solid foundation for this elegant white wine.

Aged for seven months in a mix of oak and stainless steel, this Viognier offers complexity and a slight creaminess. It can be enjoyed within the year of production but has an ageing potential of 12 to 18 months​.

The wine underwent a combination of fermentation processes: 70% was fermented in stainless steel tanks for three weeks and then aged on secondary lees for seven months. Additionally, 20% was fermented and matured in second- and third-fill 300-liter French oak barrels for seven months, while 10% was matured in a large 4,100-liter French oak foudre​.

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.