Late late, probably too late, and even more boring Saturday afternoon! What else could be better than some historicism’istic
wine adventure?! For instance a vinophile travel back in time to the miserable bad old days
of South Africa’s Apartheid regime!?!! More than 30 years ago the Ko-Operatieve
Wijnbouwers Vereniging (KWV) van Zuid-Afrika Beperkt in Paarl was one a few exporting and internationally competitive
wine producers of South Africa. In these days the South African wine revolution - so to speak, and other certainly far more important paradigm changes, were still far off their actual infancy. Apparently then the brand Roodeberg stood for
quality, longevity and desirability. Nowadays, perhaps not so much anymore, I assume ...
Anyway, a few months back I bought today's red blend from extraordinary good storage.
I am still not sure about the exact blend. Other old vintages, for example the
1977 and 1981, were apparently produced from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and
Syrah.
Anyway - again, as you already might have realized I do not have a lot
of knowledge to drop. Just one pretty mental info about various asking prices for
this wine on a Gauteng, the central province of South Africa, based Ebay-like
platform. Most prices moved around 10000 to 15000 RSA Rand. This would mean an approx. enormous amount of money for a bottle of wine. Such a bottle!!! I better spare my comment about this. Well, anyway - for the
third and last time – I paid faaar less. Let’s check it out …
