WHAT WITH the Agulhas Triangle festival among the highlights on the wine calender end-October 2021, those in attendance at Lomond outside Gansbaai – or those who might have dreamt of going along but didn’t – and who would like a checklist of what to look out for when it comes to wines of the area, the following have received good reviews from one or more panels of experts during the past year or two:

BRUCE JACK – NAPIER

Bonfire Hill White 2020
Ghost in the Machine Shiraz 2019
Mary le Bow 2018 (Red Blend)
Mary le Bow Viognier 2019
There Are Still Mysteries 2018 (Pinot Noir)

GHOST CORNER – ELIM

Ghost Corner Bowline 2017/18/19 (White Blend)
Ghost Corner Sauvignon Blanc 2019/20
Ghost Corner Semillon 2017
Ghost Corner Wild Ferment Sauvignon Blanc 2018/19

GIANT PERIWINKLE – BAARDSKEERDERSBOS

Giant Periwinkle Blanc Fumé 2019 (Sauvignon Blanc)

LAND’S END – CAPE AGULHAS

Land’s End Cape Agulhas Syrah 2018

LOMOND – GANSBAAI

Lomond Belladonna SMV 2018 (Red Blend)
Lomond Cat’s Tail Syrah 2019
Lomond Conebush Syrah 2017
Lomond Merlot 2018
Lomond Merlot Rosé 2020
Lomond Pincushion Sauvignon Blanc 2019
Lomond Syrah 2018

SIJNN – MALGAS

Sijnn Free Reign NV (Red Blend)
Sijnn Red 2017 (Blend)
Sijnn White 2019 (Blend)

STRANDVELD – ELIM

First Sighting Sauvignon Blanc 2021
Strandveld Adamastor 2018 (White Blend)
Strandveld Navigator 2017/18 (Red Blend)
Strandveld Pofadderbos Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2019/20/21
Strandveld Syrah 2019

P.S. For those who don’t already know, Ghost Corner wines are made at the Cederberg Private Cellar using grapes trucked all the way there from Elim. Land’s End wines are vinified at the Du Toitskloof winery outside Rawsonville in the Breedekloof. And there are also top wines made using fruit grown in the Agulhas Triangle that aren’t represented at the festival – such as Trizanne Barnard’s Reserve Syrah, whose Elim grapes are hauled to a cellar in Noordhoek, around the corner from Chapman’s Peak Drive.