Stellenrust

Stellenrust

Nestled between the Stellenbosch and Helderberg mountains with a breathtaking view over Cape Town and its majestic Table Mountain, Stellenrust’s modern facility is only the begining of amazing possibilities.

Since 1928, Stellenrust has been producing some of the highest quality wines from the Stellenbosch region. Our scenic vineyards stretch over more than 200ha of lushes green fields .

Stellenrust boasts today with being one of the largest family owned wine estates in South Africa carrying through generations of winemaking skills and the legacy of our motto ‘where excellence meets winemaking’ put forward in every bottle.

Late harvest 2013

Strong apricot flavours on the nose and palate. Honey infused richness with ripe tropical flavours, pear drop and lingering Muscat spice on the palate.

Stellenrust Noble Late harvest 2013 (375ml single bottle) Details Blend Information Chenin Blanc, Muscat de Alexandrie

Food Suggestions Wonderful accompaniment to desserts, but goes extremely well with baked naartjie basket filled with ice-cream and topped with a caramel dressing.

Cornerstone Pinotage

This wine offers raspberry and ripe peach and black cherry flavours with subtle oak nuances, a warm succulent palate and delicate lingering sweet and sour finish with lifted acidity. Stellenrust Cornerstone Pinotage (single bottle)

Details Technical Analysis Winemaker : Tertius Boshoff Main Variety : Pinotage Alcohol : 14.0 %vol pH : 3.50 RS : 3.2 g/l Total Acid : 5.8 g/l Appellation : Bottelary Characteristics Type : Red Tasting Notes This wine offers raspberry and ripe peach and black cherry flavours with subtle oak nuances, a warm succulent palate and delicate lingering sweet and sour finish with lifted acidity. Blend Information 100% Pinotage

Chenin 51

Barrel Fermented

Grapes for this wine is harvested from a 51 year old single vineyard of Chenin blanc on the slopes of the Bottelary Hills, hence the number on the front of the bottle referring to age of the vines in the year the wine was made. Stellenrust Chenin 51 – Barrel Fermented (single bottle)

Details Blend Information 100% Chenin Blanc Food Suggestions This Chenin will complement an array of dishes: from orange infused duck confit to lemon infused Norwegian salmon on a bed of creamed spinach and potato puree.

Kleine Rust Red

Nice dark berry flavours and some pepper spice on the nose. The palate is soft, sumptuous, juicy and round with elegant tannins and lots of berry fruit. Blend Information Pinotage, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot Food Suggestions This wine will compliment food such as a Rack of lamb with a mint dressing or even a thickly cut fillet of beef.

Blend Information 51% Pinotage, 40% Shiraz, 9% Cinsaut Food Suggestions This wine will complement food such as a rack of lamb with a mint dressing or even a thickly cut fillet of beef.

Kleine Rust White

he sole purpose of this white wine was to produce a distinctly fruity wine with easy accessibility and drinkability for everyday enjoyment by the larger public. On the nose, one can pick up subtle honeycomb flavours derived from a section of botrytised fruit used in the wine. It shows luscious ripe tropical fruit and some green grass on the nose carried through onto the palate with a lingering aftertaste of grapefruit and a zesty acidity

Blend Information 80% Chenin Blanc, 20% Sauvignon Blanc Food Suggestions A great accompaniment to spicy chicken dishes or fresh Ceaser salads.

Kleine Rust Rose

A Rose made in a lighter style of summer drinking from our true South African grape variety Pinotage. The reason why we select Pinotage is for its tremendous fruit and lovely peach flavours.

This wine shows ample summer fruits on the nose – it is highly concentrated with raspberry, cherries and ripe peach and apricot notes. These flavours are carried forward onto the palate ending in a rich and soft aftertaste. Blend Information 100% Pinotage Food Suggestions To be enjoyed with salads, pizzas or any occasion that calls for cheerful celebration!!

Stellenrust Pinotage

This great wine offers raspberry ,ripe peach and black cherry flavours with subtle oak nuances,a warm palate and delicate lingering finish.

Raspberry and ripe peach and black cherry flavours with subtle oak nuances, a warm palate and delicate lingering finish. Stellenrust Pinotage (single bottle) Details Pinotage is probably the grape with the most potential for development and improvement in South Africa. If it is grown correctly and vinified correctly, it becomes an interesting wine with lots of depth and flavour. This wine offers raspberry and ripe peach and black cherry flavours with subtle oak nuances, a warm palate and delicate lingering finish.

Chenin Blanc

Variety 100% Chenin Blanc Style A medium to full-bodied wine made in a refreshing New World style. Palate A lively combination of herbs and ripe summer fruit sustained by a firm acidity and a dry, lingering finish.

Nose Prominent guava aromas are supported by flavours of litchi and mango, with a subtle herbaceous undertone. Alcohol 13% Sugar 2,26 g/l Acidity 6,39 g/l pH 3,45 Vinification Grapes came from Perdeberg in the Agter-Paarl region. Harvested at optimum ripeness, whole-bunch pressed, settled and fermented at 14°C with extended lees contact..