Lemberg Wine Estate

Lemberg's cultivars include Pinot Noir, Pinotage, Shiraz, Grenache Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier and Harsevelu (which is a Hungarian grape variety).

The Estate is very casual and unpretentious, therefore once you walk in the door, you immediately feel at home.  We received such a warm welcome from Carmen and Riaan as well as a couple of gorgeous bulldogs.  

We later learned that some of the wines are named after the dogs.  The Blanc de Noir is named after Rosie, and there is the 2018 Lady and the Nelson 2014 Syrah.

Our wine tasting started with the whites.  

The 2019 Sauvignon Blanc was first on the menu.  It is noteworthy that it had a fresh tropical nose with passion fruit and delighful white stone fruit aromas.

Next up was Rosie, which is their Blanc de Noir (100% Pinot Noir).  It had crushed red berry notes on the nose followed by strawberry and was absolutely delicious.  Rosie is so reasonably priced at R70.00 a bottle.

We went on to taste the 100% Harslevelu (as I mentioned, this is a Hungarian grape).  This is priced at R200.00 a bottle and every sip was sublime, and well worth the price.

The reds were next, and we tasted both the 2014 Pinotage as well as the 2014 Spencer Pinotage (priced at R70.00 and R250.00 respectively).  Both of the Pinotages were exquisite.

The star of the show for me was the 2014 Nelson.  Oh my word!  It was mind-blowinginly amazing, and as a result of it being 100% Syrah, it has aromas of blackberries, mixed herbs and just a hint of aniseed.