LOMOND EXCELS LOCALLY AND ABROAD

LOMOND EXCELS LOCALLY AND ABROAD


Lomond’s growing reputation for world-class wines of complexity and elegance has been re-affirmed at the 2011 Decanter’s World Wine Awards in London, and the local Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show.


The eco-friendly Gansbaai property’s 2009 Snowbush claimed Decanter’s regional trophy for the best South African white blend retailing above £10. The Snowbush is named after the Brunia laevis, fynbos, found abundantly around the farm.

The blend is made of Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Nouvelle and Viognier, all the white grape varieties produced on the farm.

Two years ago, Lomond’s 2007 single-vineyard Pincushion won the Decanter trophy for the world’s best Sauvignon Blanc selling under £10.

This year, the 2010 vintage has come home with a Decanter gold medal, its vibrant tropical flavours once more appealing to the judges.

Lomond also won gold and a best-in-class score for 2008 Estate Syrah at Old Mutual.

The wine is produced from a selection of vineyards on the 1000 hectare farm and is fragrant with notes of plum, lavender and liquorice.

The 2007 Sugarbush single vineyard Sauvignon Blanc won the Museum Class Trophy at this years Old Mutual Trophy Show, showing the ageability of white wines from this region.

Situated 34˚ 34’ south, Lomond is one of very few wine operations with a Cape Agulhas District appellation.

Located just 8 kilometres from the sea as the crow flies, its vines are cooled by south-west and south-east winds that blow during the summer months.

Lomond’s Wayne Gabb says the proximity to the sea helps to create an environment that is cooler on average than other wine regions with slow ripening.

The farm also has the advantage of naturally occurring indigenous vegetation and low hills to act as a filter for the salt-laden sea air.

With its varying terrain and low-vigour soil types and the opportunity to plant vines with different aspects and elevations, it offers a broad spectrum of building blocks to make single-vineyard wines and single-cultivar as well as multi-cultivar blends, he adds.

Lomond names many of its wines after the indigenous flora growing on the farm. It is one of the earliest members of the Biodiversity and Wine Initiative (BWI), acknowledged for protecting the environment and conserving the indigenous habitat and also belongs to the Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy.

The 2009 Snowbush retails locally for around R135, the 2010 Pincushion for around R105, and the 2008 Syrah for R100.

DATE JUNE 6, 2011
ISSUED BY DKC (DE KOCK COMMUNICATION)
FOR CAPE LEGENDS
QUERIES WAYNE GABB, LOMOND 0283 880095 or 082 5524124
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