Chaudement recommandé par MaximaGXE, on l'essaie dimanche soir...
Profitez bien du 10$ sur 6 bouteilles.
Dimanche le 30 mars...Pinotage Les Ruines Eilandia 2006
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Dimanche le 30 mars...Pinotage Les Ruines Eilandia 2006
Pinotage Les Ruines Eilandia 2006, Code SAQ : 10678501, 14.95$
Chaudement recommandé par MaximaGXE, on l'essaie dimanche soir...
Profitez bien du 10$ sur 6 bouteilles.
Chaudement recommandé par MaximaGXE, on l'essaie dimanche soir...
Profitez bien du 10$ sur 6 bouteilles.
et je n'avais pas acheté ce vin...-
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Pour le pinotage Les Ruines de ce soir, j'ai pris le loisir de mettre un peu d'info de "background" sur le "winery" Bon Cap qui est certifié organique.
P.S.: Ne vous surprenez pas de voir un bouchon synthétique à l'ouverture de la bouteille!
THE HISTORY OF OUR FAMILY FARM
Bon Cap has been in the family for seven generations. The cultivation of grapes began in the late 1920s when the first vineyards were planted. Bon Cap also has some of the oldest Pinotage vineyards in the valley – dating back to the 1970s. Wild deer are commonly found in the area owing to the surrounding mountain and hillside areas. Guinea fowls are widespread and are protected as a natural pest control in the vines. The farm has a total of 50 ha certified organic vineyards, apricot and olive trees and another. 130 ha of virgin soil – untouched and typical of the Karoo. Our farming methods have been used on the farm for generations, but international organic certification was only applied for in 1999. At Bon Cap we see organic certification of the soil as an added value to the farm, and not as ‘a means to an end’.
Cranks wearing dungarees and smoking their ground cover crop may be a popular image of organic farmers, says Bon Cap's Roelf du Preez, but "it is my own belief we do not inherit the land of our forefathers, but rather borrow it from our own children." If it hadn't been for the small Bon Cap sign pointing to this gravel track I would have turned back. The land from Worcester towards Robertson is desert with just a single-track railway accompanying the road to relieve monotony. My instructions were to turn off at the sign, shortly after a cement factory. I was aiming for Bon Cap Organic Vineyards and Winery but there was no indication any crop would grow in this barren ground. I expected to see a fertile valley after I crested a low hill. But the valley was even dryer than the one I left, dotted with cacti and open patches of yellow sand while the rough gravel track still headed upwards. My car rental agreement strictly forbade driving off tarmac. I had counted the gravel path as an entrance rather than a road, but as kilometres clocked up without any indication of vineyards I was getting worried. At last I started descending and saw in the distance a line of bright green vegetation that turned out to be vineyards clustered along the Breede River. Bon Cap's modern winery has a rather disconcerting entrance. As you step into the shade of the winery tasting room you find yourself suspended over the barrel cellar on a glass floor. Roelf du Preeze makes the wine and his wife Michelle markets it. They are the seventh generation working the farm which used to deliver grapes to a co-operative. But they were not getting recognition for the quality of their grapes nor encouragement in their move to organic status, so in 2002 they separated to make and sell their own wines. But what does organic mean? It depends on where you are. Michelle told me there is no legislation in South Africa to prevent anyone putting the word 'organic' on a wine bottle, while there are differing regulations for the EU and USA. Bon Cap wines carry an imprint showing they are certified organic by officially recognised Société Générale de Surveillance SA (SGS) company to meet both strict EU and USA regulations. Bon Cap has been organic for five years but it wasn't an overnight switch. Michelle said their philosophy is "whatever we take out we have to put back. We are farming not just for ourselves but for the generations that follow us. Roelf and I have always grown the best grapes we can - because the best grapes make the best wine - and growing organically produces the best grapes. We enjoy virtually perfect conditions for healthy vines with low rainfall and humidity. Vineyard infections are almost unknown; thus we don't use chemical fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides. And not spraying means we don't use tractors and have no soil compaction. Everything is linked." Being organic affects everything they do. Anything that affects the vines and soil must be organic. They want to use penguin manure but that has to be organically certified before use, otherwise Bon Cap could lose their certification. "Inspectors can come any time without warning," said Michelle, "we welcome that because we have nothing to hide."
2002 saw their first vintage, which entirely sold out, a remarkable achievement for a new winery. They now export to nine countries and have introduced a second, easy drinking, label "Ruins" using fruit from younger vines with less wood aging. Bon Cap red wines are aged in 80% new French oak barrels and their distinctive label has had a classy makeover. There is an appropriate new ladybird logo containing their initials and the Braille embossing remains. The back labels of both wines show the organic certificate but Michelle says she would have no compunction about removing organic references if it seemed the wines were being treated differently because of it. "Being organic is what we are and what we do," she said, "not an add-on marketing tool. We don't want to be in a niche category but to be judged against the world's best." There doesn't seem much risk of that; Bon Cap wines have been selected by British Airways , their Pinotage was a Pinotage Top 10 finalist, and there is no shortage of silver and gold medals, the latest being two gold medals at Concours de Mondial Brussels 2004. Some cranks.
P.S.: Ne vous surprenez pas de voir un bouchon synthétique à l'ouverture de la bouteille!
THE HISTORY OF OUR FAMILY FARM
Bon Cap has been in the family for seven generations. The cultivation of grapes began in the late 1920s when the first vineyards were planted. Bon Cap also has some of the oldest Pinotage vineyards in the valley – dating back to the 1970s. Wild deer are commonly found in the area owing to the surrounding mountain and hillside areas. Guinea fowls are widespread and are protected as a natural pest control in the vines. The farm has a total of 50 ha certified organic vineyards, apricot and olive trees and another. 130 ha of virgin soil – untouched and typical of the Karoo. Our farming methods have been used on the farm for generations, but international organic certification was only applied for in 1999. At Bon Cap we see organic certification of the soil as an added value to the farm, and not as ‘a means to an end’.
Cranks wearing dungarees and smoking their ground cover crop may be a popular image of organic farmers, says Bon Cap's Roelf du Preez, but "it is my own belief we do not inherit the land of our forefathers, but rather borrow it from our own children." If it hadn't been for the small Bon Cap sign pointing to this gravel track I would have turned back. The land from Worcester towards Robertson is desert with just a single-track railway accompanying the road to relieve monotony. My instructions were to turn off at the sign, shortly after a cement factory. I was aiming for Bon Cap Organic Vineyards and Winery but there was no indication any crop would grow in this barren ground. I expected to see a fertile valley after I crested a low hill. But the valley was even dryer than the one I left, dotted with cacti and open patches of yellow sand while the rough gravel track still headed upwards. My car rental agreement strictly forbade driving off tarmac. I had counted the gravel path as an entrance rather than a road, but as kilometres clocked up without any indication of vineyards I was getting worried. At last I started descending and saw in the distance a line of bright green vegetation that turned out to be vineyards clustered along the Breede River. Bon Cap's modern winery has a rather disconcerting entrance. As you step into the shade of the winery tasting room you find yourself suspended over the barrel cellar on a glass floor. Roelf du Preeze makes the wine and his wife Michelle markets it. They are the seventh generation working the farm which used to deliver grapes to a co-operative. But they were not getting recognition for the quality of their grapes nor encouragement in their move to organic status, so in 2002 they separated to make and sell their own wines. But what does organic mean? It depends on where you are. Michelle told me there is no legislation in South Africa to prevent anyone putting the word 'organic' on a wine bottle, while there are differing regulations for the EU and USA. Bon Cap wines carry an imprint showing they are certified organic by officially recognised Société Générale de Surveillance SA (SGS) company to meet both strict EU and USA regulations. Bon Cap has been organic for five years but it wasn't an overnight switch. Michelle said their philosophy is "whatever we take out we have to put back. We are farming not just for ourselves but for the generations that follow us. Roelf and I have always grown the best grapes we can - because the best grapes make the best wine - and growing organically produces the best grapes. We enjoy virtually perfect conditions for healthy vines with low rainfall and humidity. Vineyard infections are almost unknown; thus we don't use chemical fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides. And not spraying means we don't use tractors and have no soil compaction. Everything is linked." Being organic affects everything they do. Anything that affects the vines and soil must be organic. They want to use penguin manure but that has to be organically certified before use, otherwise Bon Cap could lose their certification. "Inspectors can come any time without warning," said Michelle, "we welcome that because we have nothing to hide."
2002 saw their first vintage, which entirely sold out, a remarkable achievement for a new winery. They now export to nine countries and have introduced a second, easy drinking, label "Ruins" using fruit from younger vines with less wood aging. Bon Cap red wines are aged in 80% new French oak barrels and their distinctive label has had a classy makeover. There is an appropriate new ladybird logo containing their initials and the Braille embossing remains. The back labels of both wines show the organic certificate but Michelle says she would have no compunction about removing organic references if it seemed the wines were being treated differently because of it. "Being organic is what we are and what we do," she said, "not an add-on marketing tool. We don't want to be in a niche category but to be judged against the world's best." There doesn't seem much risk of that; Bon Cap wines have been selected by British Airways , their Pinotage was a Pinotage Top 10 finalist, and there is no shortage of silver and gold medals, the latest being two gold medals at Concours de Mondial Brussels 2004. Some cranks.
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À l'ouverture;
La robe est de couleur rubis. Un nez au arôme de fraise, sous-bois et poivre.
En bouche, une attaque sur le fruit, laissant place à une acidité très marquée.
La finale est courte – Manque de matière.
À suivre, suite à l'aération.
La robe est de couleur rubis. Un nez au arôme de fraise, sous-bois et poivre.
En bouche, une attaque sur le fruit, laissant place à une acidité très marquée.
La finale est courte – Manque de matière.
À suivre, suite à l'aération.
Tâche de t'emparer le premier de la coupe
qu'auront touchée ses lèvres charmantes,
et du côté où elle aura bu, bois aussi.
Ovide
qu'auront touchée ses lèvres charmantes,
et du côté où elle aura bu, bois aussi.
Ovide
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