Bellevue, home of the famous Bellevue Pinotages
Bellevue Wine Estate in the Bottelary Hills in the Stellenbosch Wine Appellation first planted a commercial planting of Pinotage in 1953. Little did the owner, Mr P K Morkel, know that he would be responsible for the first wave of Pinotages which were released in the late 1950s and 60s. Using the now 6-year-old vines, he made his Pinotage on the Estate and was contracted to sell his production to Stellenbosch Farmer’s Winery.
Bellevue Estate Pinotage 2018
The company put the wine on the Cape Young Wine Show, and it won the General Smuts Trophy for the best wine. It went onto the market in 1961. The rest, using the well hammered cliché, is history.
Bellevue Vineyardist, Dirkie Morkel
The Estate with Dirkie Morkel as Vineyardist and Wilhelm Kritzinger as wine maker continues to produce top notch wines, bot red and white, and their Kukumakranka Gin. Well worth a visit, as they say in the Michelin Guide, Bellevue offers casual dining, a play area for children and wine tastings and sales.
Wilhelm Kritzinger, Bellevue’s Winemaker
October 8th is National Pinotage Day
Bellevue Reserve Pinotage 2017
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Bellevue 1953 Pinotage 2017
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