RESTAURANT BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
WINE TASTING
Enjoy wine tasting daily from 10am – 4pm.
Enjoy tasting a selection of our award winning Jakkalsvlei wines as well as our Lord Jackal Range.
The Jakkalsvlei range includes fourteen different wines from a fresh and zesty Sauvignon Blanc, a complex River Cuvée white blend, a tropical Chenin Blanc, a dry Pinotage Rosé, a semi-sweet range of White, Pink and Red Moscato, a soft and elegant Mount Cuvée Cape blend, a coffee driven Pinotage, a complex Merlot, a full bodied Cabernet Sauvignon and a bubbly Vonkel Chenin Blanc. The range also features two sweet wines, a rich and creamy Hanepoot and juicy syrupy Red Muscadel. The wines are full of character and reflects the true ambiance of the Jakkalsvlei Farm.
Our exclusive Lord Jackal wine range is produced in limited quantities with a focus on quality and taste. The Lord Jackal range consists of four premium wines. From a wooded Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and a Cabernet Franc to a Cape Vintage Reserve and Lord Jackal Pinot Noir Méthode Cap Classique.
Visitors can enjoy the unique and acclaimed Jakkalsvlei wines combined with customized cheese platters and delicious build-your own pizzas.
The wine tasting hall is fairly large with tables both indoors and outdoors with great views over the mountains and vineyards, making this establishment the ideal place to visit be it a sunny or rainy day.
Our warm Jakkalsvlei hospitality awaits you!
| Taste a selection of 6 Jakkalsvlei wines | R120 |
| Taste 10 Jakkalsvlei wines | R160 |
| Taste 5 Lord Jackal wines | R180 |
WINE TASTING MENU
Sauvignon Blanc
Colour: Clear crisp translucent colour with light green
golden hue.
Bouquet: Beautiful fresh green pepper and cut grass opens to a passion fruit and guava fruit salad nose with hints of lime and fynbos.
Taste: Fresh tropical fruit and green pepper palate with
well-balanced crisp acidity that ends to a lingering mineral
chalky finish.
Chenin Blanc
Colour: Clear crisp lime yellow.
Bouquet: Fresh ripe tropical and stone fruit salad, litchi, melon, peach, and white pear.
Taste: Abundance of juicy soft tropical fruit, guava and apricot, well rounded smooth structure with fresh acidity and a lingering aftertaste.
River Cuvée
Colour: Clear crisp lime yellow.
Bouquet: A full flavoured white blend showing ripe soft tropical fruit, peach, white pear, and lemon blossoms.
Taste: On the palate the wine is full and smooth with ripe tropical fruit, melon, green apple, pear and hay. Integrated acidity, a chalky minerality and a hint of vanilla oak.
Pinotage Rosé
Colour: This rosé has a beautiful light rose petal blush pink colour.
Bouquet: The wine shows elegant soft flavours of candyfloss, rose petal and fresh red cherries and strawberries.
Taste: Smooth and quenching palate with fine sweet red berries flavours, balanced acidity, and dry fruity finish.
Pink Moscato
Colour: This rosé has a beautiful light rose petal blush pink colour.
Bouquet: Alluring sweet muscat flavours fills the glass as beads of bubbles release tropical fruits of litchi and strawberries, Turkish delight and exotic spices.
Taste: These sweet fruity muscat flavours follows through to the palate, accommodated with refreshing sweetness, balanced acidity and a tingling delight of fine bubbles.
White Moscato
Colour: Beautiful light sun
yellow colour.
Bouquet: Fresh tropical fruit flavours of litchi and apricot, sweet honey blossom and muscat.
Taste: Alluring freshness of tropical fruits, muscat and honey amplified by a fuzzy perlé and exotic spice.
Red Moscato
Colour: Cherry red.
Bouquet: Fresh ripe flavours of berries and litchi, soft ripe plums, and tones of muscat.
Taste: A hint of freshness as the bubbles pops to reveal sweet summer berries, strawberries,
and red cherries.
Merlot
Colour: Dark plum red.
Bouquet: Orchards of ripe prunes, red cherries and violets. Beautiful integrated oak
and hints of dried leaves
and rosemary.
Taste: Medium-full bodied palate with rounded flavours of red cherries, black raspberries and fresh plums. The acidity and the sweetness of the fruit is well balanced with ripe tannins and oaky smooth lingering finish.
Pinotage
Colour: Dark ruby red.
Bouquet: Toasted flavours of coffee, toffee and dark chocolate initially bursts from the glass as the wine opens to caramel,
red cherries, prunes, and
sweet mulberries.
Taste: Soft, smooth and quaffable flavours of chocolate, roasted coffee beans and sweet dark berries fills the palate.
The wine is medium bodied
and finishes with silky
smooth tannins.
Mount Cuveé
Colour: Dark cherry red.
Bouquet: Dried prunes, black cherries and white pepper on the nose. The wine has layers of flavours as it opens to spice, violets and dried leaves.
Taste: The palate is fresh and complex with flavours of plum, red berries and oak.
The tannins are firm and juicy, balanced by integrated acidity and lingering finish.
Cabernet Sauvignon
Colour: Dark red ruby colour.
Bouquet: Intense flavours of dark fruits, black currants, cassis, and cedar wood. The wine opens to dark chocolate and dried thyme.
Taste: On the palate the wine is full and smooth with black berries, dried herbs and oak.
The tannins are juicy and ripe with integrated acidity and lasting aftertaste.
Red Muscadel
Colour: Beautiful
pomegranate red.
Bouquet: An enchanting bouquet of ripe muscat, mandarin, ripe strawberries, and exotic spices with hints of litchi and grapefruit.
Taste: On the palate the wine is smooth and dense with full sweet flavours of Turkish delight, ripe muscat and citrus. As layers of flavours unfold to reveal red berries, sweet spice, and sundried raisins.
Hanepoot
Colour: Deep straw yellow green colour.
Bouquet: A luscious amalgamation of ripe muscat, tropical fruit and wildflowers with hints of lemon blossoms,
cloves, and nectarine.
Taste: Full syrupy sweet taste of muscat, litchi and honey and a underlining flavour of green figs, spice and a sweet sun-kissed raisin finish.
Vonkel Chenin Blanc
Colour: Clear crisp light lime yellow colour with fine glittering bubbles.
Bouquet: Alluring fresh tropical fruit salad nose. Apple, soft pear, quince, and passion fruit. With notes of honeysuckle, peach and mandarin.
Taste: Refreshing tingle of foamy bubbles releases flavours of apple, apricot, saffron and melon. The wine has a great balance between sweetness and acidity.
Lord Jackal
Pinot Noir
Colour: Vibrant strawberry red.
Bouquet: On the nose the wine shows beautiful fresh ripe cherries and red raspberries, sweet plums and soft oak.
Red fruits open to hints of fennel, rooibos and sweet candy.
Taste: The fresh sweet cherries on the nose follows through to the palate. Expressive red and black berries fill the
palate and these fruit flavours linger on the palate before it ends with dried tobacco leave and fresh acidity.
Lord Jackal
Cabernet Franc
Colour: Dark black Java plum red.
Bouquet: Extravagant perfumed notes of black currant, dark cherries, violets, thyme, and rosemary with spicy notes of cloves, anise and graphite.
Taste: On the palate the wine boasts with black currant, mulberries, dark cherries and liquorish. The palate is complex and fine-grained silky tannins balances the dark fruit and smooth acidity.
Lord Jackal
Chardonnay
Colour: The wine has a beautiful light straw yellow colour.
Bouquet: Lime zest, orange peel and Jasmin flower fills the glass. The wine opens to dried herbs, almonds, and toasted oak.
Taste: On the palate the wine is smooth with subtle, composed flavours of butterscotch, green apple, roasted almonds, and lime. The flavours linger on the palate and the wine has at textured mouth feel with grippy tannins as the taste lingers on the palate and ends with notes
of soft oak.
Lord Jackal
Cape Vintage Reserve
Colour: Dark black colour with plum red rim.
Bouquet: Very aromatic nose of ripe black currant, sweet plum and violets. The wine opens to dried prunes, glazed cherries, spice & dark chocolate.
Red fruits open to hints of fennel, rooibos and sweet candy.
Taste: A big wine full of ripe dark fruit notes, plums, mulberry, and black currant. Well-rounded with smooth dark chocolate undertones and firm tannins results in a wine that would mature well over 30 years.
Lord Jackal
Pinot Noir Méthode Cap Classique
Colour: Light golden colour.
Bouquet: Energetic bubbles release a symphony of enchanting aromas of blossoms, spritz of orange peel and fragrant rose petal.
Taste: A delicate pearly palate is perfectly balanced between fruit and acidity, displaying beautiful finesse and elegance with radiant red apple, crushed lemon, and a stony minerality.