Bellingham Wines “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread – we came down to the Cape from Johannesburg in August 1943 after my husband Bernard had been boarded out of the Air Force, and that as far as I am concerned, was the beginning of a meaningful life.”
Originally known as ‘Bellinchamp’ (pretty fields), Bellingham begins its story in 1693 when Hollander Gerrit Janz van Vuuren and his French Huguenot wife planted the first 1000 vines on the estate. Through ages of farming families, the modern renaissance of the Bellingham Estate in Franschhoek began in the 1943 when Bernard and Fredagh Podlashuk purchased the somewhat dilapidated and derelict farm and began restoring the Manor House, the gardens and the vineyards.
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WINE OF THE MONTH
WINE MAKERS NOTES
Wine of Origin: Coastal | Vintage: 2014 | Variety:80% Pinotage, 20% Shiraz
Creating this wine we combine the best of Italy and South Africa to create a product that has the Pinotage fruit profile, dark cherries, plums and blue berry flavours together with a dark colour, richness, texture and complexity of a matured red. The wine also benefits from the extra skin contact and freshness the higher acid brings to the older wine.
South Africa’s unique Pinotage variety made in Ripasso style as a tribute to the Italian prisoners of war who lived and worked at Bellingham. Succulent red berry and sweet spice flavours for smooth drinking on its own or with mushroom risotto or veal Parmigiano
Technical Analysis:
14.0% Alcohol | 9.0g/l Residual Sugar | 6.0g/l Total Acidity | 3.5pH
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