Tim James: A visit to Gabriëlskloof and some thoughts on terroir

Peter-Allan Finlayson of Gabriëlskloof.It’s a truism that, however significant sun, soil and slope are to wine, what the workers with vine and grapes do with terroir crucially affects what’s in the bottle. This was clear again to me recently at Gabriëlskloof – in the Overberg, not far from Bot River village – when I tasted a barrel sample […]

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