Checked out of this glorious hotel and said goodbye to their fabulous staff!
On our way to Paul Cluver Estate!
The winery is beautiful, as all of them have been!
Their wines are The Village Series – their philosophy drinking these wines all day every day – and the Estate Series.
We tasted the 2022 Village Riesling – a hit (even with Penny), the 2021 Village Chardonnay and the Village Pinot Noir.
We moved on to the Estate Series with lunch. We tasted: 2022 Sauvignon Blanc (90% Sauvignon Blanc, 10% Semillon), the 2020 Estate Chardonnay and the 2021 Estate Pinot Noir.
Lunch was spectacular! The Filet topped with a dab of Pinot Noir butter! Partnered with some good ol’ South African Chips – not fries. Delicious.
We ended the lunch with 2021 Riesling Noble Late Harvest – a wonderful dessert wine!
Noble rot is when the vines are infected with Botrytis – a rot that accelerates the ripening and shrivels the skin. This makes a sweet wine. because of the humidity in this area this rot appears naturally and the vines are not sprayed with the fungus, as they do sometimes, here in the US.