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BOPLAAS TAKES HIGHEST HONOURS FOR A PORT WINE AT MICHELANGELO AWARDS
Family-owned winery Boplaas has claimed the highest award for a port wine and only Platinum medal for the style at this year’s Michelangelo International Wine and Spirit Awards. Underscoring the achievement, only 21 among 1 500 entries received this sought-after rating.
Winemaker fundi Margaux Nel with one of her treasures
“These awards are significant because they reveal once again the consistency in quality over many years and across our range,” says Boplaas co-owner Carel Nel. “The Michelangelo panel being international and so well-experienced also reflects the high level at which our products are recommended.”
Cape Tawny Colheita
A port for all seasons
The Boplaas Cape Tawny Colheita 2007 was aged for 16 years in barrel, giving it a fiery red-brown colour. It has flecks of olive green on the rim, while the bouquet unfurls with notes of walnut, roast almond, butterscotch, spices, citrus, brandy and charred oak.
On the palate, it is lusciously smooth, showing suggestions of brandied fruits, fruit cake, roast nuts, butterscotch, warm spices and hints of citrus and coffee.
Marketing whiz Rozanne Nel with Tim Atkins
Boplaas wines and spirits are available in selected stores countrywide and from its tasting rooms in Calitzdorp, and along the Garden Route at Red Berry Farm outside George and Old Nick Village in Plettenberg Bay.
Also visit the Boplaas online shop at www.boplaas.co.za.
BOPLAAS WINS HAT-TRICK TITLE FOR FORTIFIED WINE OF THE YEAR
No less than five wines from Boplaas Family Vineyards have been rated among the best of the best, with scores of 90/100 and above, by globally influential connoisseur Tim Atkin. Among them was the CWG Colheita which the Wine Master heralded Fortified Wine of the Year for the third time in a row.
Every year, Atkin tours the country to compile one of the most comprehensive tastings of South African wines for his authoritative special report. In the latest edition, he scored the Boplaas CWG Colheita Cape Tawny 2007 at 97 points – the highest scoring in its category.
The Nel family at home in the distillery
CWG Colheita Cape Tawny 2007: A giant of a port
The Boplaas CWG Colheita Cape Tawny 2007 is a single harvest tawny that was released by Carel Nel, for his 35th and final auction as member of the esteemed Cape Winemakers Guild (CWG). It spent 16 years in barrel and only 300 bottles were produced.
The town of Calitzdorp home of Boplaas
For its making, the finest Tinta Barocca and Touriga Nacional grapes were selected from low yielding vineyards. The fruit was hand harvested at optimal ripeness, fermented and fortified in small lagars, barrel matured in large, seasoned oak barrels, and blended to achieve a distinctive colour and flavour.
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