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Boplaas Cape Vintage 2013
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Boplaas Cape Vintage 2021

R177.00

Region: Calitzdorp

Tasting notes

This is a dark port, purplish black port with flavours of cherries, plum, blackberries, violets, pepper, spiciness and dark chocolate. Expectations are meet when you taste the wine – full-bodied with big ripe tannins and integrated alcohol, with a long and luscious after-taste.

Food pairing

Many people have discovered that Vintage Port is a very enjoyable and memorable way to finish a meal and indeed it is now frequently served as a very satisfying dessert in its own right. Enjoyed for its luscious fruit flavours with complex notes of chocolate and spice, Vintage Port is commonly paired with Stilton cheese, although it is outstanding with most types of cheese. Chocolate is sensational with Vintage Port, as are dried fruits and nuts. More adventurous combinations involve ice-cream, crème brule, and fresh fruit.

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Boplaas is situated in Calitzdorp, a small picturesque village in the semi-arid Little Karoo region in the Southern Cape. The Nel family continues a rich legacy that reaches back more than 150 years. Boplaas is a family concern with Carel Nel, a Cape Wine Master, as owner and cellarmaster. Boplaas has long been regarded as at the forefront of premium wine production. It is known for its world-class table wines, Ports and award winning pot-stilled brandies.

The Boplaas story dates back to 1880 when the first brandy was crafted by Daniel Nel for export to London, but it is only since 1980 that Boplaas, in its current form, has been in existence. Born entrepreneur, Carel Nel’s first business venture was buying broken antique furniture, getting it restored and re-selling it. After finishing his BSc studies in winemaking, he joined his father on the farm. Always on the lookout for opportunities, he soon started a fruit drying, fruit preserve and jam business and, over time, used the profits to build a cellar on the farm.

The success of the Boplaas vrugtehappies (dried fruit titbits) and other dried fruits allowed the family to follow their true passion: crafting fine wines in the Klein Karoo. The foundation stone of the new cellar was laid in 1981 with the first Boplaas Estate wines released in 1982. Their very first SA Champion Port was crafted in 1986 and was awarded this coveted title at the National Young Wine Show.

Towards the end of the 80s the first vineyards at Ruiterbosch in the Outeniqua Mountains were established. This was the first cool climate site in the Southern Cape and allowed the production of  Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc and Méthode Cap Classique (traditional bottle fermented sparkling wine).

Conservation and the reduction of their carbon footprint have always been important and, in this spirit, the family farming legacy continues at Boplaas, with both Carel’s daughters involved in the enterprise with many longstanding employees’children working alongside them.

Boplaas Cape Port wines are crafted much the same way as the lauded Ports of the Douro Valley utilising full-ripe Portuguese varietals fermented in traditional open fermenters, known as lagares, with intense manual pigeage; fortifying at the correct moment with the finest grape spirit and maturing in barrel for the appropriate length of time according to the style, prior to meticulous blending and bottling lightly filtered to ensure the very best wine for your enjoyment.