Full and powerful, with a harmonious structure of fine, silky tannins. Rich notes of dark berries and chocolate blend with a slight spiciness. The wine has a long, persistent finish that elegantly emphasizes its complexity.
Bellevue Wine Estate, a family business with over 200 years of wine heritage, proudly pioneered one of South Africa’s first commercial Pinotage plantings. Rooted in the rich viticultural history of Stellenbosch, they create terroir-driven wines with minimal intervention, each bottle telling a story.
On October 5, 1701, Bellevue was founded as ‘Houd den Mond’. The land was granted by Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel to blacksmith Christoffel Groenewald. On December 6, 1861, Bellevue was purchased by Dirk Cloete Morkel; the Morkel family owned the estate for 150 years before it passed to the Neethling family.
In 1959, P.K. Morkel entered his Pinotage in the Cape Wine Show, then South Africa’s leading wine competition, and won the coveted General Smuts Trophy, crowning him the new ‘king of wine’ in South Africa.
With approximately 152 hectares of vineyards in various locations, winemaker Wilhelm Kritzinger can select the very best grapes from which he crafts the outstanding wines for which Bellevue Wine Estate is known.
Bellevue Wine Estate, a family business with over 200 years of wine heritage, proudly pioneered one of South Africa’s first commercial Pinotage plantings. Rooted in the rich viticultural history of Stellenbosch, they create terroir-driven wines with minimal intervention, each bottle telling a story.
On October 5, 1701, Bellevue was founded as ‘Houd den Mond’. The land was granted by Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel to blacksmith Christoffel Groenewald. On December 6, 1861, Bellevue was purchased by Dirk Cloete Morkel; the Morkel family owned the estate for 150 years before it passed to the Neethling family.
In 1959, P.K. Morkel entered his Pinotage in the Cape Wine Show, then South Africa’s leading wine competition, and won the coveted General Smuts Trophy, crowning him the new ‘king of wine’ in South Africa.
With approximately 152 hectares of vineyards in various locations, winemaker Wilhelm Kritzinger can select the very best grapes from which he crafts the outstanding wines for which Bellevue Wine Estate is known.