Schalkenbosch Wine Estate: Tulbagh

Tulbagh Christmas in Winter 25-26 June 2011. Come celebrate our Winter Wonderland Christmas festival, book now to avoid disappointment, call reservations on 023 230 0654.

We have commenced construction of an impressive gatehouse for the Conservation Estate through which you will pass when you come to visit us again. This will control access to both the conservation estate up in the mountains and Schalkenbosch Cottages and Cellar.

Edenhof Bin409: Medium bodied blend of four unique cultivars. Taste of a medley of red fruits and spices, soft tannins with a lasting taste.

VINTAGE: 2006 ORIGIN: Western Cape CULTIVAR: 50% SHIRAZ/ 21% MOURVEDRE/ 17% GRENACHE/ 12% VIOGNIER WINEMAKER: Johan Delport ALCOHOL: 15.86% pH: 3.60 SUGAR: 4.7g/l ACIDITY: 5.6g/l WINEMAKER`S DESCRIPTION A full bodied well rounded wine which has a complex nose of vanilla with spicy undertones. Reminiscent of ripe plums it is well balanced with fully intregrated oak [...]

Schalkenbosch Wine Estate has been awarded Championship status by the Biodiversity in Wine Initiative, joining 14 other Estates in South Africa, such as Anglo American’s Vergelegen, Graham Beck, Backsberg, La Motte and Lourensford.

The 2009 harvest is now safely in the tanks after a strange summer, in fact we didn’t have a normal summer, average temperatures were a good 4 to 5 degrees centigrade cooler. This resulted in a longer ripening period which should be good for this year’s wines and all the early signs indicate this will be so.

A 27 hole Golf Course to be designed by Robert Trent Jones II. There will be 520 freehold housing units, a hotel, spa and wellness center.

The Schalkenbosch label is reserved for classic wines of exceptional quality. The first two wines of this range will be released in this year.

Schalkenbosch Biodiversity highlights: Botanical field work was conducted on the estate in 2005 by the CREW project team, who made the exciting discovery of three rare and endangered bulb species.