Honoring Charles’s late mother, this traditional straw-dried sweet wine is a true labor of love. A bold, assertive dessert wine with aromas of grape juice, ripe stone fruit and lemon blossoms on the nose.
Savor a full mouth feel with lime and honey flavors, followed by an unctuous texture courtesy of the sugar, and balanced with a long fresh acidity
Savor a full mouth feel with lime and honey flavors, followed by an unctuous texture courtesy of the sugar, and balanced with a long fresh acidity
The grapes are carefully harvested by hand over a three-day period. Bunches are only individually picked once perfectly ripened. Harvesting takes place at approximately 21° Brix.
Packed into small lug boxes, the grapes are transported to a well ventilated shed and carefully laid out on straw lined drying racks. It takes 3-4 weeks for the grapes to dry to an almost raisin-like state, by which time they have lost up to 75% of their moisture. The grapes are then pressed and allowed to ferment in stainless steel tanks.
Winemaker: Anthony de Jager
Packed into small lug boxes, the grapes are transported to a well ventilated shed and carefully laid out on straw lined drying racks. It takes 3-4 weeks for the grapes to dry to an almost raisin-like state, by which time they have lost up to 75% of their moisture. The grapes are then pressed and allowed to ferment in stainless steel tanks.
Winemaker: Anthony de Jager
The Fairview winery at the foothills of the Paarl Mountains was one of the very first wineries to be founded at the Cape in 1693. Just six years later, the first wine was produced. After a turbulent history, Charles Back, grand-father of today's owner with the same name, purchased the farm in 1937 and gave it a new lease of life. Since that time, the estate has been run by the third generation of the Back family - quite successfully.
True to the motto 'Go where the terroir is' Charles Back revised the concept of Fairview in the 1980s and experimented with lesser-known grape varieties. This does not only allow a larger variety of wines and optimal conditions for the ripening time of the grapes, but also innovative wine creations which are closely linked with tradition.
The combination of innovation and tradition also mirrored in the unusual crest of the winery. The goat has become the estate's mascot long ago and has become part of Fairview's identity.
True to the motto 'Go where the terroir is' Charles Back revised the concept of Fairview in the 1980s and experimented with lesser-known grape varieties. This does not only allow a larger variety of wines and optimal conditions for the ripening time of the grapes, but also innovative wine creations which are closely linked with tradition.
The combination of innovation and tradition also mirrored in the unusual crest of the winery. The goat has become the estate's mascot long ago and has become part of Fairview's identity.
