Description
The Mont Blois range ends currently with the single vineyard Pomphuis White Muscadel. These 26-year old vines are grown at the top of De Hoop, where the altitude helps to create a lighter, fresher style of wine – despite the 257 grams of residual sugar. This first release was fortified with bought-in spirit, but the future plan is to restore the old pot-still on the farm. The wine was also bottled (in 500ml bottles) unfiltered, after spending 12 months in old French oak.
As mentioned, Mont Blois enjoyed a fine reputation for Superior Muscadel in the latter half of the last century, so this really helps to evoke some memories for those, like me, who remember its prior existence.
The significance of the name Pomphuis is, however, best left to the imagination.
I am delighted to pronounce that Mont Blois is back on the Robertson map in a small, but significant way.
