Rijk’s Private Cellar is proud to announce that our winemaker, Pierre Wahl, had 2 wines selected by the Cape Winemakers Guild for their auction, to be held in Stellenbosch on Saturday 2 October. The wines selected are :
Rijk’s Private Cellar Auction Reserve Semillon/Sauvignon Blanc 2009
and
Rijk’s Private Cellar Auction Reserve Chenin Blanc 2009 – the only Chenin Blanc to be selected for the auction.

No more than two wines may be selected for the auction per winemaker. The CWG Auction wines are crafted exclusively for the auction and are chosen in a blind tasting by members of the Guild to represent the pinnacle of what can be achieved in South African winemaking. This thorough process involving the members of the Guild ensures that every wine boasting the CWG Auction label is a wine of exceptional quality.     
Recognized as South Africa’s leading wine auction open to the wine trade and the general public with a turnover of over R5 million, the Guild Auction features an impressive lineup of 39 wines this year – 21 red and 13 white wines – all poised to become rare collector’s items.
Membership of the Guild remains exclusive and winemakers must have been responsible for producing outstanding wines for a minimum of 5 years and must continue to produce excellence to remain a member of the Guild.

Pierre comments with a broad smile “This is great
news. I am a new member of the Guild and to have 2 white wines selected for the first time makes me proud of Rijk’s and the team. I’m looking forward to next year – we have some superb red wines waiting in the barrel.”

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Dear friends of Rijk’s Private Cellar,
It’s now mid winter, the snow is on our surrounding mountains and we have already had over 280mm of rain. The rivers are in full flow – and our 3 dams were all overflowing on 18 July – the earliest in 12 years. We have started pruning which should be completed by the end of August – just in time for budburst which we expect will be in the first week of September.

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New Releases and Vintage Changes Bravado 2003 White pepper, coriander spices on the nose from dominant Shiraz percentage. Click here for Tasting Notes The Crossing 2005 Dark ruby red colour. Spicy nose with hints of lavender, cinnamon, coriander and red berries in the background Click here for Tasting Notes Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 Deep red colour, almost black. Complex aromas of black current and liquorice. Click here for Tasting Notes Shiraz 2004 This wine has a broad mouth feel, kept fresh by youthful tannins. Click here for Tasting Notes Pinotage 2005 These red fruit aromas carry through onto a rich palate supported by a good concentration of tannin and oak which is well integrated. Click here for Tasting Notes Fascination 2007 Intense green asparagus to grassy nose – typical for a cooler vintage. Click here for Tasting Notes Chardonnay 2005 Deep gold colour . Pine nut aromas dominate the nose with underlying naartjie-vanilla combinations. Click here for Tasting Notes Chenin Blanc 2007 Goldish colour. Complex yellow fruit nose with hints of pine nut and honeysuckle. These aromas are well supported by a nutty presence which originate from the use of quality oak. Click here for Tasting Notes Sauvignon Blanc 2007 This aromatic wine has complex aromas of pineapple, green fig and pomegranate on the nose, asparagus aromas should come to the fore after some ageing. Click here for Tasting Notes New Reserve wines In October we will be releasing our first reserve wines. A Chenin Blanc 2007 Reserve, a Pinotage 2006 Reserve, and a Chardonnay 2007 Reserve. Only 3000 bottles were made of each. Please click here to mail us if you would like to secure these wines prior to being released. Please feel free to copy and send this newsletter link to a friend.

OUR PEOPLE

Neville Dorrington	Owner / Viticulturist / Exports	neville@rijks.co.za
Teresa Moffat	Company Secretary / Exports	wine@rijks.co.za
Pierre Wahl	Winemaker	pierre@rijks.co.za
Paul Turnbull	Sales Manager – Cape	paul@rijks.co.za
Teri Nunn	Sales Manageress – Gauteng	teri@rijks.co.za
Lucilia Turner	Cellar sales and Wine Club	wineclub@rijks.co.za
Boet Eddy	Farm Manager
Andre Bruyns	Assistant Winemaker

Neville and Teresa	Pierre	Paul
Teri	Andre	Boet
Lucilia	All our loyal and dedicated vineyard people