Spier Frans K. Smit White Blend is a delicious blend of several grape varieties, originating from Spier Wine Farm in South Africa. The wine is named after its renowned winemaker, Frans K. Smit, who has received much acclaim for his attention to detail and commitment to quality. The blend features a harmonious combination of Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, and Viognier grapes, resulting in a refreshing and complex wine. Aromas of peach, apricot, and passion fruit are followed by a palate of lively citrus and tropical flavors with a long, clean finish. Spier Frans K. Smit White Blend is a perfect pairing with a variety of dishes, from seafood to chicken to fresh green salads.

Tasting Notes

This Bordeaux-style white offers harmoniously balanced, subtly articulated flavours. Soft, rounded and refined, it has traces of the unexpected, like fig leaves on the nose and the merest hint of elderflower. This complexity of flavours comes from very selective sourcing and attention to detail. The presence of oak is a barely-there sensation, on the nose rather than the palate. This stirs yet more complexity into its wonderful creaminess. While already intriguingly complex, the 2017 vintage promises to become increasingly layered over the coming years and will show best at 5 – 8 years after harvest.

About the Winery

The artistic Spier winery is located close to the South African town of Stellenbosch. The history of this beautiful and sprawling winery dates back to as early as 1692, which makes it one of the most ancient wineries in South Africa. The winery is a wonderful spot to enjoy a picnic with your family and friends because it is not just filled with wine-producing areas, but also contains a hotel, restaurant, exhibition, art gallery and a family farm to provide you enough entertainment for the day.

If you want to enjoy the beauty of this winery in full form, you can choose one from the many wine-tasting tours that the place offers you. Spier Tasting, Chocolate & Wine Tasting, Winemaker Selection and Children’s Grape Juice Tasting are the tours you get to choose from. For the wines tasting, you get to enjoy small portions of the premium wines made in the winery. The organic red wine, First Stone, which forms part of the exclusive winemaker selection tour, is a must-try.

The beauty of this winery is that the wines are created here with excellent precision, without causing any disturbance to the environment. Cellar Master Frances Smit joined the winery in 1996 and he is one of the major reasons for the transformation of this small Stellebosch unit into one of the award-winning, reputed wineries that it is today.

One of the collections popular in the Spier Winery is the Signature Collection. The wines in this range are made from the choicest of grapes that contain unique flavours are processed in such a way that their original character is retained in the wines. The cellars of this winery are designed in such a way that the grapes are fermented with as little external interference as possible. Fully open fermenters, barrels made from French Oak and the usage of ceramic eggs make the wine-making process as organic as possible.

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