DIEU DONNE
1999 CABERNET SAUVIGNON - RESERVE
GOLD MEDAL WINNER IN 2004
A REMARKABLE SOUTH AFRICAN MASTERPIECE FROM THE FRANSCHOEK AREA
FANTASTIC COLLECTORS ITEM, ONE OF THE LAST OF HE 19TH CENTURY OF THE VERY FIRST ESTATES IN THE COUNTRY
CERTIFIED BOTTLE - LABEL AND MEDAL IN TOP CONDITION - LIKE BRAND NEW!!
ADD THIS VERY RARE WINE TO YOUR COLLECTION - A ABOSLUTE WINNER!
A FULL BODIED CABERNET SAUVIGNON FILLED WITH RICH DARK CHOCOLATE FLAVORS INFUSED WITH BLACK CHERRY, CASSIS AND CLEAN VANILLA AROMAS.
AGED FOR 20 MONTH IN NEW FRENCH OAK BARRIQUES.
POSSIBLY REACHED HIS TOP DRINKING POTENTIAL.
“Dieu Donné” literally means “A Gift from God” or “God Given”. What a wonderful discovery! The exquisite mountain vistas viewed from Dieu Donné Vineyards endorses this translation.
CROIX DE LORRAINE – SYMBOL OF NON-CONFORMITY
Featured in the Dieu Donné logo is the unique Croix de Lorraine with its distinctive double bars, a proud symbol which, through the ages, has been associated with a spirit of non-conformity – a spirit true to Dieu Donné’s approach to wine-making.
The fascinating origins of this cross date back to 1241, when the Crusaders brought the cross with them from Constantinople (now Istanbul) and kept it hidden in the castle of Baugé in Anjou, a province in the Loire Valley of Western France.
Stephan Du Toit - WINE-MAKER OF DISTINCTION
Dieu Donné’s wine-maker, Stephan du Toit is one of the few South-African wine-makers with the distinction of being a Cape Wine Master. He is a graduate of Elsenburg Agricultural College, South Africa’s foremost academic institution in viticulture and wine-making. Stephan has been creating award-winning wines at Dieu Donné for 10 years.
Before joining Dieu Donné he specialized in making red wines at the famous Nederburg Wine Estate. Stephan has spent several harvests working at Chateau Margaux (Bordeau), Weinsburg Wine School (Germany) and in the wine area of Vienna in Austria.
He has also travelled the European wine regions extensively, and has worked at Simi Winery in Sonoma (California) and visited the wine regions of Chile, Australia and New Zealand.
