Niel JoubertEstate Sauvignon Blanc 2019 (R58.16 Per Bottle, 6 Bottles)
R349
About
Klein Simonsvlei, the home of Niel Joubert Wines lies on the slopes of the Simonsberg mountain, on the outskirts of Paarl in the Western Cape Winelands. A large wine and fruit farm it has spectacular scenery, which includes five hills and ten dams fed from a natural mountain spring. There is abundant water and enough land diversity to accommodate the successful growing of apples, pears, peaches, plums, naartjie, lemons and blueberries, in addition to grapes. It has been owned since 1898 by the Joubert family, horticulturalists and grape growers by training, and is still run hands-on by individual family members, now in the 5th generation.
Product Features
- From cool higher-lying mountain slopes.
- The pale hue and tinge of green already gives a clue to the vineyard provenance and what to expect in the wine.
- It captures both grapefruit and passion fruit intensity in the aromas which follow through to the palate.
- Crisply dry, there’s a sleek freshness with an extended finish carrying the fruit flavours.
- Grapefruit becomes particularly prominent.
Product Specification
- Cultivar: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
- Region: Paarl
- ABV: 13%
Writer's block
Ours is about 3 feet by 3 feet, and on our left is the account's block. The sales block is down the hall.
We're joking. Obviously.
Ours is at least 5 by 5, and on Wednesdays we're allowed to write in coffee shops to maintain the illusion that we're "successful" and "writerly".
Coming up with a write up for the simple sake of a write up does, however, become difficult when we're staring complete lack of creativity right in the face. But apparently asking management to cancel all the deals for the day isn't a viable fix.
As they so delicately put it, it'd be like a comedian having the option to suddenly cancel a show if they're not feeling up to it. Not on our watch, they said. You'll do a write up whether you like it or not, they said. And be funny, they said.
So here we are, doing a write up and being funny.