Bloemcool Gryskop

Pork, Spicy food, Mushrooms, Cured Meat

The grapes were harvested early in February in cool climate Darling and trucked to Paarl.

The wine was aged on the lees for a further 6 months. This wine was racked and filtered prior to bottling.

The fruit was destemmed and left to settle for two days before racking and fermentation started. The wine was fermented in neutral French oak barrels and the pink colour gradually became a deep onion shade as the season went on.

In 1693, the first vineyards were planted at the top of Bloemkoolfontein farm, today known as Fairview. Over the years, we’ve reinvested our efforts back into the land, replanting vines that suit the soils and expanding our vinicultural horizons every step of the way. Needless to say, this cultivated investment has yielded world class wine. Yet it’s also done something else. Something even more special. Behind closed cellar doors, and with access to handpicked parcels and rare varieties, our winemakers’ have had the vanguard freedom to push the boundaries and refine their craft. The result is Bloemcool – an esoteric, age-worthy wine that brims with elegance and tales to tell. We’ve even embraced our heritage by repurposing past bottles and hand-making labels that are implanted with real cauliflower seeds, encouraging the new keeper of the wine to let the story of Bloemcool perpetually live on.