JOOSTENBERG DELI AND BISTRO
Restaurant in Stellenbosch

We believe in producing and sourcing great quality, authentic products and supplying them directly to the public, right here on our farm. Joostenberg is the working farm comprising of our vineyards, boutique winery, flowers, herbs and vegetables as well as the free range cattle herd. 2014 This wine has become one of our most popular and recognized wines and a huge amount of effort, both in the vineyard and the winery, is put into it every year. This year, for the 1st time, we included a small portion of Semillon from a Stellenbosch vineyard. 2016 This wine has replaced the Family Blend White in our range. It’s a wine for any occasion and drinks well with or without food. To be honest it’s an ugly, gnarly looking vineyard and year after year we contemplated its removal, but as soon as we started making our own wine on the farm we recognized its quality. Grapes are sourced from premium vineyards in the Stellenbosch and Paarl regions. Stellenbosch grapes provide structure and the Paarl grapes give richness and ripe fruit flavours. Sometimes he likes to push the winemaking boundaries a bit (the revolutionary process) and sometimes it’s all about figuring out the results of small tweaks (the evolutionary process). Sometimes it’s about pushing the winemaking boundaries a bit (the revolutionary process) and sometimes it’s all about figuring out the best way to capture the pure essence of a specific vineyard. This is the first time we have bottled a Roussanne and we think it has good potential at Joostenberg. Sometimes he likes to push the winemaking boundaries a bit (the revolutionary process) and sometimes it’s all about figuring out the best way to capture the pure essence of a specific vineyard. Sometimes it’s about pushing the winemaking boundaries and sometimes it’s all about figuring out the best way to capture the pure essence of a specific vineyard. Grapes were fermented with the skins intact and no additions, other than a small amount of SO2 prior to bottling, were made to the resulting wine. The wine is full-bodied and ripe with typical spice and peppery flavours. It’s a classically styled Cabernet Sauvignon leaning towards the old world. It is the first bottling of a varietal Viognier at Joostenberg. He decided to follow his dream and swopped the music profession in order to take up the craft of winemaking. A rich, but dry white wine with typical apricot and blossom aromas. Sometimes it’s about pushing the winemaking boundaries a bit and sometimes it’s all about figuring out the best way to capture the pure essence of a specific vineyard. relatively low alcohol, soft tannins and a refreshing quality. Sometimes we push the winemaking boundaries a bit (the revolutionary process) and sometimes it’s all about figuring out the best way to capture the pure essence of a specific vineyard. The 2015 vintage was especially good and a small portion (along with Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Touriga Nacional) was included in our top estate blend i.e.