Boplaas 12 Year old Pot Still Brandy is the only Platter 5 stars Brandy listed at Test Kitchen

The stellar Boplaas 12 Year old Pot Still Brandy is the only 5 Star brandy in the latest edition of this longstanding guide to South African wine, and is also listed at Test Kitchen.

With well over 5 000 wines reviewed, the annual Platter’s South Africa Wine Guide offers a well respected overview of the ever evolving Cape wine landscape and the awarding of 5 Stars in this guide has become one of the most sought after accolades in the industry. This year only 94 wines were deemed worthy of Platter’s 5 stars – and only one brandy, namely the Boplaas 12 Year Old Pot Still Brandy. This brandy also won a gold medal at Veritas earlier this year. This is the second time that Boplaas received 5 star status for a brandy; the first one was for the Boplaas 20 Year Old Pot Still Brandy.

Having first exported brandy to London in 1880, Boplaas was one of the first private cellars to craft and bottle pot still brandy in the Cape after amendments to the law in 1991. For Boplaas patriarch Oupa Danie Nel it was a source of great pride to craft the best possible brandy from his Calitzdorp Colombard, a tradition continued by cellar master Carel Nel.

Another feather in the cap of this exceptional brandy is that it is listed at the Test Kitchen, an internationally acclaimed Cape Town restaurant, renowned for its creativity and originality.

Glistening amber gold, brimming with a complex bouquet of peach blossom, dried apricot, tangerine, honey, roast almond, sweet wood spice, a mouth coating beeswax-like palate with lengthy finish and warming spirit lilt characterise the Boplaas 12 Year PotSstill Brandy. This fine Boplaas brandy – like all those bottled by Boplaas – was hand-crafted in small batches and aged in Limousin barrique. Due to Calitzdorp’s arid climate almost a third of the spirit is “lost to the angels”, resulting in a concentrated and exceptionally smooth spirit.

For more information visit www.boplaas.co.za, give us a call on +27 (0)44 2133326, send us an email to [email protected], tweet us @Boplaas1880 or better yet, drop in for a tasting at our cellar door in Calitzdorp.