Durbanville Hills...

Durbanville began as an outspan area named Pampoenkraal that became a meeting place for early travellers, transport riders and local farmers. In time, a small village developed. It was renamed D'Urban after Sir Benjamin D'Urban in 1838, and Durbanville in 1886.The latter-day farm Rooseboom so impressed Governor of the Cape, Simon van der Stel, in 1685 that he noted it for posterity.

At the time of his trip through the Durbanville area, on his way to Namaqualand, the first farmers had been in the region for over twenty years, having been given farms by the government around the spring and the pan in the area. The spring became a popular "outspan" (resting place) during the early 18th century. Travellers to and from the coast would stop here to replenish water and food supplies, creating a demand for fresh meat and a market for cattle farmers. Soon cattle farming was supplemented with wheat production.

Not long after, the first vineyards were planted and within a decade most farmers were producing enough wine for themselves and their dependants. As early as 1702 the first surplus of wine was recorded among the producers and could very well have resulted in the first sales of wine from the region.

The original name of the Durbanville hills is actually the Tygerberg Leopard Mountain. It all began when the early Cape Settlers in the mid-1600s called the hills “Gevlekte Luipaartsberg” (Spotted Leopard Mountain) because they were reminded of leopard skin by the striped effect of the patchwork of the indigenous shrub covering the hills. As Tijger is the Dutch word for leopard the name later changed to Tygerberg.

Sauvignon Blanc 2007
Bin No	PARA/370	Size	1 x 75cl	Price	Sold Out
The colour is clear brilliant with flashes of green. On the nose their is tropical fruit aromas combined with green fig, guava and gooseberry. The palate has seamlessly layered flavours ranging from tropical fruit to fig, lime, guava and gooseberry, leading up to a crisp finish.

Bastion Cabernet Shiraz 2005
Bin No	PARA/373	Size	1 x 75cl	Price	£7.35
Deep ruby red in colour, with a nose of berries and prunes with spicy, smoky undertones. A medium-bodied wine with a soft and languid mouth feel and a lingering fruity.

Pinotage 2006
Bin No	PARA/374	Size	1 x 75cl	Price	£7.35
Deep red in colour, the nose has ripe berry aromas with dark chocolate and faint vanilla in the background. Full-bodied, rich in character with harmonious fruit acid balance and a slight tannic finish.

Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
Bin No	PARA/375	Size	1 x 75cl	Price	£7.35
Intense ruby red colour, with aromas of fresh berry and grass with shades of green olive and very attractive vanilla spices. It is compact with a solid structure still closed with a good tannic backbone.