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LUSCIOUS ANGELS’ SHARE EASTER COCKTAIL AT VAN RYN’S DISTILLERY
In celebration of Easter, the award-winning Van Ryn’s Distillery close to Stellenbosch is offering a sumptuous, sweet and creamy brandy cocktail aptly named Angels’ Share.
The caramel-infused brandy cocktail, featuring the Viceroy 5 Year Old brandy made here, takes its name from a long-standing cellar legend. All South African pot-still brandies must by law be aged for a minimum of three years in French oak but many are matured far longer. As the oak is porous, a small quantity of the spirit evaporates each year, roughly 3%.
This is known as the share of the angels. A small trade-off for their enchanting capacity to transform the clear pot-stilled grape spirit into a golden liquid layered with character. Offered at R15 and including a chocolate Easter egg and the recipe to recreate it at home, the Angels’ Share brandy cocktail will be available at the distillery exclusively during April. Visitors during the Easter month will also be able to see the traditional copper pot still in the distillery’s luxurious tasting room in full operation. Almost 200 years old, the pot still comes from Cognac in France.
The five-star venue is open to visitors from Mondays to Fridays, 8:30 to 16:30; on Saturdays, 9:00 to 13:30 and on Sundays, 11:00 to 15:30. Group bookings are welcome. Please contact the distillery on 021 881 3875 to make a reservation.
Van Ryn’s is South Africa’s most decorated name in brandy. It has won the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) Worldwide Best Brandy title four times and is also a three-time winner of the International Spirits Challenge (ISC) Best Brandy trophy.
Van Ryn’s Distillery is set along the Eerste River, close to Stellenbosch and about 40 minutes’ drive from Cape Town. For more information, please visit www.vanryn.co.za.
