Return Of The Stellenblog
After last week’s visit to Hartenberg, we headed out that way again, but this time choosing to enjoy the hospitality and the wines of Kleine Zalze and Blaauwklippen.
Both farms were busy without being crowded, and we enjoyed a very leisurely, chilled tasting at Kleine Zalze, the highlights being their NV Brut MCC and all of their Family Reserve range, but especially – and unusually for me – the Cabernet Sauvignon.
And a whole 2 minute drive from there, we had some lunch at Blaauwklippen, with great service from Nono, who then took us through their wines. Some deliciously smooth reds, including their De Blaauwe Klip Bordeaux blend, and some really nice, light summer whites and rosés. It was a lovely lunchtime.
We also had time to visit their IS art gallery – finally working out that IS was the name and not just some poor English on the wall:
Lots of rather cool stuff, literally all of it ridiculously far out of our price range, but really cool to look at. Samuel Allerton‘s stuff really caught our attention.
This one was called Forever Dog.
There are rumours about a couple of bottles of their gorgeous 10 year old Potstill Brandy coming home with us, possibly joined by some of their Before & After apéritif/digestif. I couldn’t possibly comment.
More images on the way, but we had to come home and have a braai and do a blog post, so I haven’t managed to check them all out yet.
Tomorrow looks like being a quieter day, so maybe – maybe – some more words on here.