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"Hulle weet nie wat ons weet nie." - Rüdger van Wyk, quoting Dricus Du Plessis, but about Wellington Wine.
Having experienced the maze-like quality of the trails at Doolhof Estate up against the Limietberg Mountains at the edge of Wellington myself. *If someone tells you to go West at the second Eucalyptus Tree on your left… firstly, what does a Eucalyptus tree look like, and which way is West? The place, like most of Wellington, always succeeds in making me feel like I'm not in the Western Cape anymore. It has some of the oldest vines in the country, 288ha (the fourth largest concentration of old vines in South Africa), and the oldest Cinsault block, the Basson block planted in 1900, used by the Mullineuxs for their Leeu Passant Basson Cinsault.
Literally, with its own armed guards, the grapes having been stolen in the past, and one of SA's top-rated Cinsaults. *Tim Atkin MW rated the 2020 vintage 96 points and wrote: "Thank goodness the oldest red wine vineyard in South Africa is in such talented hands." The area is rife with history, supplying over 85% of the South African wine industry with vine cuttings, with 30 wine producers, and has five designated wine wards, including Blouvlei, Bovlei, Groenberg, Limietberg and Mid-Berg River.
