Tamboerskloof Viognier

The Tamboerskloof Viognier 2022 is a versatile food-wine pairing wine, and compliments anything from a perfumed Indian curry to grilled line fish.

After overnight settling, the juice was racked and fermented. The wine was aged on the lees for 4 months utilising a carefully selected vessel combination: 87.5% Stainless Steel (to preserve fresh, vibrant fruit). 12.5% French Oak (1 x 500L 1st ll, 1 x 500L 2nd ll, and 1 x 500L 3rd ll barrels to add subtle texture).

Following a rigorous three-stage sorting process, the fruit was left on the skins overnight to maximize flavour extraction, then gently pressed using a traditional basket press to achieve the perfect phenolic balance (yielding approximately 450 litres per ton).

The name Tamboerskloof means the valley (kloof) of the drums (tamboer). When the Dutch settled in the Cape in 1652 lookout posts manned with spotters were established on the hills and mountains around the peninsula. The first spotter was placed where the suburb of Tamboerskloof lies today. These spotters drummed the message of an approaching ship from one lookout post to the next until the farmers in the surrounding valleys heard the drums and proceeded to harvest their crops and hasten to Cape Town harbour with their wagons in order to meet the ship on arrival. Before moving to the Boland Gerard, Libby and their two children Spicer and Katharien lived in this Cape Town suburb for 25 years. Thus with the fondest memories and the need to acknowledge the happy years they had spent there they named their wine Tamboerskloof.