Rust en Vrede has one of the most proven track records at the Veritas Wine Awards and 2008 confirmed just that. Double Gold is the highest accolade bestowed upon wines at the show and only 2% of all wines entered recieved this award. We are very proud to announce that both the Rust en Vrede 1694 Classification and Rust en Vrede Syrah were awarded Double Gold. Click the following link to view tasting notes: http://www.rustenvrede.com/wines/our_wine?showwine=1#container
The Rust en Vrede Estate 2003 has three more medals to add to its already impressive accolade list. The Rust en Vrede Estate 2004, Rust en Vrede Shiraz 2004 and Rust en Vrede Merlot 2005 all picked up Gold Medals at the 2007 Veritas Wines Awards. Read More »
Winemakers’ Choice Best Producer
Simonsig
Winemakers’ Choice Trophy White Wine
Fleur du Cap Sauvignon Blanc Unfiltered Limited release 2005
Winemakers’ Choice Trophy Red Wine
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HARVEST
The harvest at Rust en Vrede in 2006 was one of the best we have ever had on the estate in recent history. Although we had rather high temperatures for a large pat of January and February, we experienced high winds during that time which assisted in cooling the vineyards down to ensure that we did not have early ripening of our grapes. Read More »
South African WINE magazine awarded the 2002 Rust en Vrede Estate 4 stars in its December 2005 edition.” One of South Africa ’s “staatmaker” (stalwart) wines. You can always depend on this Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Merlot blend and I’m a huge fan because it just gets better and better; drinking beautiful after 5 or 10 years. This has a lot of fruit – quite plummy and spicy now – but it develops tertiary flavours and wonderful elegance and finesse over time. Pure class.” WINE magazine’s editor Fiona McDonald. Read More »
