Edeloes

This wine can be enjoyed with cheese and desserts.

This natural dessert wine is only made in years when higher than average humidity allows the Riesling grapes to develop to the exquisitely ripe stage then the feature known as Noble Rot sets in. During the middle of the harvest the fungus botrytis cinerea ennobles the grapes, building sugar content and acidity while the flavour and aroma components are concentrated to divinely decadent levels.

The fully ennobled grapes are carefully selected by hand and the juice is transferred to stainless steel tanks to ferment.

The name De Wetshof has been synonymous with the production of fine wines in South Africa since the 1970’s. As the first registered wine estate in the Robertson Wine Valley De Wetshof has become known internationally as South Africa’s eminent Chardonnay House due to the pioneering role it played in introducing this noble Burgundian grape to the country. The De Wet family’s winemaking heritage can however be traced back to 1694 when the first De Wets arrived at the Cape and immediately made a mark on the South African wine industry. Today De Wetshof is one of the few third generation wine estates in South Africa. Here Danie de Wet proprietor and cellarmaster is assisted by sons Johann (viticulture and marketing) and Peter (winemaker).