With today being a public holiday – Heritage Day – we’re able to enjoy a day off work and because that’s the case, let’s treat ourselves to a lovely beverage..
“When I visited the Taylors Port Lodge in Oporto in Northern Portugal a year or so ago, I asked to taste their new Crofts Pink Port which has been such a huge success in the UK, particularly at Marks and Spencer for who they did a special bottling.
I wondered why in our hot summer climate, no Port producer here had not thought of it.
I was wrong – Boets and Stroebel Nel of De Krans in Calitzdorp were well on their way.” ~ Michael Olivier
Made from traditional port varieties Touriga Nacional, Tinta Barocca and Souzão, the grapes were allowed only a few hours skin contact just to colour it a pretty pink. It’s fortified with brandy resulting in a Port with a lovely vibrant pink blush colour and yummy ripe red berries and a long, lingering aftertaste.
Suggest you serve it chilled with nuts and olives and slices of chorizo sausage or biltong. Ice will dilute it, so add a big block if you need to!
Available from most bottle stores or direct from the estate 044 213 3314
Wine review by Michael Olivier of MichealOlivier.co.za
The last wine review was Thelema Mountain Red 2006
