– White Wines –

Bloemendal Semillon ‐ 2010

Alc: 14.5% RS: 2.55g/l pH: 3.30 Acid: 6.69g/l

The nose has hints of citrus with a floral touch complementing the pear and fig character. A well rounded palate, with subtle earthy tones and a silky, long lingering finish.

Bloemendal BloemenBlanc ‐ 2011

Alc: 14.38% RS: 2.2g/l pH: 3.53 Acid: 5.7g/l

Bloemendal‘s Bloemenblanc is a blend of 58% Sauvignon Blanc and 42% Semillon. The herbaceous nose is complemented with hints of tropical fruit, guava and papaya, with inviting asparagus and green pepper undertones, brought about by the Sauvignon Blanc. The Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon synergy comes to its own on the palate, and the Semillon creates a full creamy after‐palate.

Bloemendal Sauvignon Blanc (Suider Terras) ‐ 2010

VERITAS 2011 ‐ Silver

Alc: 14.5% RS: 2.39g/l pH: 3.64 Acid: 5.42g/l

The 38 year old, low yielding bush vines situated at 350m above sea level on the south facing slopes of Kanonkop on the Bloemendal Estate produce this remarkable grape, cooled by the cold winds of the Atlantic Ocean, this wine shows distinctive Durbanville dustiness with intense flavours of gooseberry, green fig and nettle. The complexity of the wine grows more evident later with the development of strong asparagus and green pepper tones.

Bloemendal Sauvignon Blanc ‐ 2011

Michelangelo 2011 – Silver

Alc: 15.11% RS: 1.60g/l pH:3.56 Acid: 5.5g/l

Hints of ripe tropical fruit and gooseberry undertones leading to a long full flavoured finish. Asparagus and green pepper tones become more evident later as the complexity develops. Blended from four south facing blocks on the estate, this wine portrays the true characteristics of a Durbanville Sauvignon Blanc.

– Red Wines –

Bloemendal Merlot ‐ 2005

Alc: 14.5% RS: 3.2 g/l pH: 3.77 Acid: 4.8 g/l

A classically European style wine, with dominant eucalyptus flavours, spicy plum, cherry and succulent red berry. It’s an elegant wine with a velvety palate, well integrated wood, fine tannins and good accessibility.

Bloemendal Cabernet Sauvignon ‐ 2009

Alc: 13.71% RS: 2.7 g/l pH: 3.92 Acid: 4.8 g/l

A classically styled, refined wine with ripe blackcurrant and dominant red berry flavours. It’s an elegant wine with a velvety palate, well integrated oak maturation, fine tannins and good accessibility. The complexity of this wine will increase with further maturation.

Bloemendal Shiraz ‐ 2003

Michelangelo 2011 ‐ Gold

Alc: 14.31% RS: 1.6 g/l pH: 3.91 Acid: 6.2 g/l

This signature Durbanville style Shiraz offers a complex, fruity core wrapped in a well integrated spicy package. Ripe plum and liquorice with a graceful hint of black cherry and white pepper makes this wine the ideal partner for spicy lamb or rich oxtail. Firm tannins provide for great aging potential or enjoy this wine right now. These classic characteristics of this wine are brought about by hand picking the grapes and by using open kuips for fermentation.

Bloemendal Malbec ‐ 2010

Michelangelo 2011 – Gold

Alc: 13.73% RS: 0.8 g/l pH: 3.8 Acid: 6.2 g/l

A complex and layered nose, with an initial nutty impression followed by soft plum and cherry aromas with delicate spicy black pepper undertones. This young wine has great maturing capabilities, with soft tannins.

Bloemendal Pinotage ‐ 2010

Alc: 14.27% RS: 1.6 g/l pH: 4.21 Acid: 6.0 g/l

An earthy quality on the nose, followed by ripe red berries and a beautiful smoky pallet, with well rounded tannins, make this wine perfect to pair with most red dishes. The Pinotage grape is versatile enough to sustain itself, showing why it’s becoming South Africa’s signature wine.

Bloemendal Cape Blend

This Cape Blend has a deep red velvet start, with earthy undertones and full bodied mulberry. Made from a blend of Pinotage, Shiraz and Malbec, this wine resembles a typical Cape style blend.

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The 300 year old farm Bloemendal, set in the heart of the fertile Durbanville region, originally supplied fresh produce to the Dutch East India Company ships on their way to the Spice Islands. In more recent times the area has become renowned for its grapes of exceptional quality and concentration.

Bloemendal's first cellar was completed in 1920 by the grandfather of previous owner and vintner, Jackie Coetzee. His father continued the Estate's concentration on winemaking by the planting of significant amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz in the early 1960's. Building on the family's winemaking tradition, Bloemendal was registered as an Estate in 1987. Concentrating on the noble cultivars, he sacrificed quantity in favour of quality, soon gaining a reputation locally and internationally for his award-winning, 'boutique' style wines, widely known as the 'the waterlily label'.

Although blessed with an abundance of sunshine in summer, Durbanville remains one of the coolest wine-growing regions in South Africa, with a miro-climate ideally suited to the noble cultivars. The cooling effect of the surrounding hills, combined with coastal mists and heavy localised dews result in grapes with fine individual characteristics and great concentration. By contrast, chilly winters, lashed by rains chilled by the South Easter, provide deep rest for the vines in preparation for the following season.

     

Being part of 'Die Kloof', Bloemendal boasts a diverse range of vineyards, each with its own soil and slope aspects. These range from the south facing slopes of the Kanonkop to the north facing Tygerberg Hills.

This allows for optimum matching of cultivar to terroir, a very important advantage to an Estate with only 150 hectares out of a total of 239 under the vine.

Most of the deep red soils on Bloemendal are heavy Hutton-type clay with the rest being made up of Tukulu, Oakleaf and Westleigh. They are deep, cool and well-drained, but with good water retention, which allows the vineyards to be cultivated with minimal irrigation and interference, allowing nature to take its course. This, in turn reflects the terroir in the grapes carrying through to the cellar.

All Bloemendal wines are grown, made and bottled on the Estate. These wines are the result of a combination of modern cellar technology, atmospheric controlled barrel maturation cellars, limited quantity-high quality grapes and of course, the personal touch. Through controlled crop yield and vine growth to maturation that balances fruit and wood, Jackie has created a limited range of wines that have won both national and international recognition.

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