First created in 2007, and a previous 5-star platter winner (2013), Hermanuspietersfontein’s flagship white wine was recognised as a Sauvignon blanc with a difference. What made it different? 85% Sauvignon blanc, 10% Semillon and 5% Nouvelle (a cultivar unique to South Africa). Grapes from a cool-climate farm in the Sondagskloof Wine Region, the wine made a name for itself in the white table cloth restaurant market. The fact that, as white a wine, it could be laid down to improve with age is a testimony to why it features on ODO. The wine has been sitting perfectly under the careful eye of the HPF team. It's ready to be drunk now but this wine has legs and has the potential to hold in the cellar. Ideally made to be drunk in 2020. In my opinion, one of the best white wines I've tasted this year. This is the last of this stock and unfortunately, Die Batho will not be released again due to Bartho Eksteen (the previous winemaker) focusing his efforts on his own personal label.
They're like your brain's way of saying: you know what the world really needs? Nonsensical story lines that nobody questions and flying cars.
And even though we know they're absolutely bonkers and possess zero relevance whatsoever, we waste no time telling people all about them.
Nobody wants to hear it. You end up sounding like a toddler trying to explain the latest episode of Game of Thrones.
The only dream worth talking about is Martin Luther's. Fact.
Anyhoo, we had a dream we sold out by noon today and spent the rest of our time hanging out with the Red Hot Chili Peppers at Home Affairs. Crazy, huh?