If you translate the word Mal from Afrikaans to English, it means crazy and Bek means mouth. And that was quite clearly the inspiration behind this label - 100% Stellenbosch Malbec.Cultivar: Malbec (100%)Amount of Bottles Produced: 2476Vineyard: Single vin
If you translate the word Mal from Afrikaans to English, it means crazy and Bek means mouth. And that was quite clearly the inspiration behind this label – 100% Stellenbosch Malbec.
Cultivar: Malbec (100%)
Amount of Bottles Produced: 2476
Vineyard: Single vineyard trellis Malbec – Blaauwklippen road – 254m above sea-level North East facing slope.
The story of Jaa-Bru from the Winemaker:
Jaaaa Bru? is South African slang for Yes, my brother? and this is the warm way I get greeted every time I phone Alex Starey, the farmer who farms this vineyard. Jaaaa Bru, a 100% Malbec. It grows on the slopes of the Helderberg Mountain – not facing the ocean as one might expect, but rather Stellenbosch, making these vineyards quite unique. Malbec is a strange-looking grape when its ripe. When we pick, it always appears unripe. The berries are soft and juicy and the flesh is green in colour. We ferment this wine without any stems and age it in older French Oak barrels for less than a year. It produces an extracted, yet fresh and complex wine. Phonetically speaking, if you translate Malbec from Afrikaans to English, it literally means crazy mouth. And that was quite clearly the inspiration behind the label.
Tim Atkin – 93 Points
Bottle size: 750ml
Alc: 14,5%
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