Grape: Viognier
Region: Simonsberg-Paarl, South Africa
Features: Organic, Sustainable

Distributor's Notes:

"Our philosophy is best exemplified by the Babylonstoren logo, which consists of the pipe, representing the farm, the flower, representing the garden and the bird, representing nature, combines the very essence of Babylonstoren and that is keeping things simple and as true to the earth as possible. This is exactly what we aim to achieve in our wines – truth and simplicity. True to the area we are situated in, the slopes of the Simonsberg Mountain, and simplicity, by making it as natural as possible. Babylonstoren wines are produced in a state-of-the-art winery and are made to showcase the soils and climate where its grapes are grown. We have 72 hectares under vine and produce 13 grape varieties with our highest vines lying against Simonsberg at some 600 metres above sea level. Some of the vines on the farm were planted by the farm’s previous owners, the Louw family, who lived here for four generations. Led by cellarmaster Charl Coetzee (formerly of Kaapzicht) and winemaker Klaas Stoffberg, the farm’s 2011 harvest led to the first bottling of wine under the Babylonstoren label. Babylonstoren is one of the oldest Cape Dutch farms, and considered to be one of the best preserved farmyards in the Cape today. All of the more than 300 varieties of plants in the gardens of Babylonstoren are edible or have medicinal value. As such the garden’s ever-changing tapestry and rich bounty of produce, informs every aspect of Babylonstoren."