A tribute to Pio Boffa and some weekly must-haves

 
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A tribute to Pio Boffa and some weekly must-haves Friday, 23 April 2021
 

Wine Cellar Weekly: Crowd-pleasing magnums, a 5-star Cap Classique, exquisite brandies & more

This past week, many in the wine world have honoured the late Pio Boffa of Pio Cesare with their tributes. We too would like to pay our respect to Pio, a legendary Piedmont pioneer, whose wines we’re honoured to import.

As for wines on our radar, we have a delicious Chardonnay in magnum which kept us coming back for seconds! There's a highly-rated, Top 10 and Platter's 5-star Cap Classique from Plettenberg Bay, brandies from the king of the Rhône and a classic Rioja from Faustino.

A tribute to Pio Boffa of Pio Cesare
A Piedmont pioneer

Pio Boffa, one of the legendary leaders in Barolo and Barbaresco, passed away last weekend at age 66. Over the past few years, we have been honoured to work with Pio and import the historic Pio Cesare wines into SA. A visionary for quality, Pio transformed the company during his four decades as the head of the family business. Known to travel 200 days of the year, Pio was a global standard-bearer for Piedmont's wines. ‘I will carry on his legacy now with even more strength and energy and commitment,’ his daughter Federica Boffa promises.

Bartinney, Chardonnay 2017 (1500ml)
R 550 per bottle

This wine is sunshine in a bottle and is certainly a crowd pleaser. Apart from looking impressive, magnum bottles tend to last longer too. A beautiful expression of Chardonnay with its fruit-forward style that shows notes of tropical fruits like green mango, peach, apricot and pineapple but also a bright, fresher lemon and lime. The result is an elegant wine which is perfect to open amongst friends and family at a dinner party or a Sunday roast.

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Newstead, Cap Classique Brut 2015
R 275 per bottle

A small, family-owned winery in Plettenberg Bay releasing award-worthy Cap Classique. We have secured some of the last few bottles of this delectable vintage. A Platter’s 5-star Cap Classique that has also made it into the Top 10 of the Winemag Prescient Cap Classique Report 2021. Elegant, structured, and boasting beautiful notes of toasted hazelnut, fresh bread and a bright lime finish.

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Chapoutier brandies
From R 495 per bottle

A final few bottles left! Michel Chapoutier has carried his passion for terroir over to the production of exquisite brandies – Eaux-de-Vie from the Rhône Valley. Single-batch distillation, in their 100-year-old copper column still, is used to preserve the aromatic authenticity of the different Rhône Valley terroirs. The Fines (distilled lees) and Marcs (distilled skins and solids) are then aged for 15-20 years in older pièces (228L barrels) and demi-muids (600L barrels) prior to release.

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Faustino, V Reserva 2015
R 275 per bottle

classic Rioja, the Faustino V Reserva 2015 offers remarkable richness and intensity, complemented by youthful freshness and tension. Rioja is not only known for their well-priced, age-worthy wines but they are perfect food wines. It has a elegant structure which will pair well with any hearty meat dish, especially a traditional South African braai.

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the Wine Cellar team

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