Versatility and high quality characterise Stellenbosch Hills’ flagship vary. The award-winning Sense of Place wines takes the headache out of procuring this festive season in a brand new marketing campaign that gives wine lovers the go-to answer for each event.
Whether or not it’s a top-quality present that’s required, a refreshing all-rounder, or a daring meals wine, this flagship vary from the premier vineyards of Stellenbosch has all of it.
Sense of Place by Stellenbosch Hills contains three wines: distinctive crimson, white, and bubbly. To advertise their excellence, the vineyard recruited celebrated foodie, Ilse van der Merwe aka The Meals Fox, to create a festive season recipe.
‘This yr, for the primary time, we’ll all hopefully be capable of take a break with out concern of last-minute cancellation,’ says Ilse. ‘Goodness is aware of, we are able to do with a bit time with these near us; to take pleasure in time round a desk and to deal with one another.’
The vary is made solely from one of the best particular person winery parts on the winemakers’ disposal and is made to showcase the standard merchandise that the vineyard provides.
The most recent classic of the Sense of Place vary is the lately launched 2021 Kastanjeberg – a wooded, single winery Chenin Blanc. The wine is wealthy and complicated, displaying aromas of stone fruit, honey, dried apricots, violets, and vanilla oak spice. Solely 2 700 bottles can be found.
The 2017 Suikerboschrand Cape Mix has plentiful aromas of ripe berry fruit, darkish chocolate, and cedar wooden. The selection of barrels is mirrored on this lovely wine and helps its construction.
The 2020 Anna Christina Cap Classique is made fully from Chardonnay. It exhibits recent Granny Smith apples and citrus blossoms with a nutty yeastiness on the nostril. Crisp acidity tingles the well-balanced palate whereas a fragile mousse delivers a mouth-filling explosion of bubbles. Simply 3 000 bottles have been made.
It’s the Cap Classique that impressed The Meals Fox recipe of a pavlova wreath for Stellenbosch Hills. ‘To me, pavlova is without doubt one of the finest summer time desserts. It’s mild, all the time well-liked and might be adorned to be the showpiece of your desk. The dry Anna Christina Cap Classique is a perfect companion for recent seasonal berries like strawberries and cherries. It brings stability with the fruit and the sweetness of the meringue.’
Notably, Ilse has an additional particular understanding of Sense of Place. ‘We dwell within the Vlottenburg Valley, surrounded by the vineyards from which the wines are made. The Suikerboschrand winery is definitely proper behind our home!
‘Earlier this yr I had the privilege to go to the opposite Sense of Place winery blocks to get a really feel for his or her terroir. It’s a singular portion of Renosterveld and fynbos.
‘I drive previous the Anna Christina vineyards nearly day by day on my method to city. The wines are completely consultant of one of the best of the world – high-quality.’
The property from which the fruit for the Anna Christina bubbly is sourced additionally farms berries, which makes the usage of berries within the festive season pavlova recipe most acceptable.
Pavlova wreath with summer time berries recipe:
Elements: (serves 6-8)
- 5 XL egg whites
- a pinch of salt
- 300 g caster sugar
- 10 ml lemon juice
- 15 ml corn flour
- 5 ml vanilla extract
- 3 tbsp icing sugar, for dusting (non-compulsory)
- 250 ml recent cream, whipped to medium-stiff peaks
- a choice of recent seasonal berries (2-3 cups)
- a number of tablespoons of ardour fruit pulp (recent or canned)
Methodology
Preheat oven to 150°C (common convection) with the rack on the center shelf. Utilizing an electrical whisk or stand mixer with a balloon whisk, whisk the egg whites in an enormous bowl till mushy peaks type. Steadily add the castor sugar to egg whites whereas whisking, a tablespoon at a time, till absolutely included and the combination is stiff and shiny. Add the lemon juice and corn flour.
Draw a circle on the again of a chunk of baking paper – about 23cm in diameter. Draw one other circle within the center, about 10 cm in diameter. Flip the paper over and stick it to a baking sheet utilizing small quantities of pavlova combination, then use two massive spoons to spoon the combination right into a wreath form on the paper. Switch it to the oven, instantly turning down the warmth to 110°C, then bake for 1 hour and quarter-hour. Flip off the oven and go away the pavlova to chill utterly, with out opening the door (about 2 hours).
Take away the pavlova from the oven and preserve it in an hermetic container till prepared to make use of (preserve it on the baking paper so long as you may). When able to serve, fastidiously take away the baking paper from the underside of the pavlova and punctiliously put it on a serving dish – if it cracks right here and there, don’t fear, you may patch it with the whipped cream.
Mud evenly with icing sugar (non-compulsory), then high with whipped cream, recent berries, and some drizzles of ardour fruit pulp. Serve without delay.
Notice: The pavlova might be made a day forward (undecorated) if stored in an hermetic container. As soon as adorned, it have to be served instantly.
Sense of Place wines can be found at chosen main wine specialists and eating places across the nation in addition to from Stellenbosch Hills’ on-line retailer.
For extra details about Stellenbosch Hills, go to stellenbosch-hills.co.za; name +27 21 881 3828/9; or, electronic mail [email protected]
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