Commercial yet a nice place to visit.
I tasted the Fairview Darling Riesling (R45) it had a lovely white stone fruit aroma, had nice acidity and a full mouth feeling on the palate. It was off dry. It had a slight bitter/dried apricot finish. I liked this wine.
The Fairview Darling Sauvignon Blanc (R55) I found was a little green.
Fairview Darling Chenin Blanc (R50) was nice, fruity and light. I liked it.
Fairview Chardonnay (R70) was lightly wooded. Not much on the nose. Pleasant on the palate. Quite a fresh taste.
Fairview Viognier (R70) Has the typical peach and apricot nose of a Viognier but it was very faint. Pleasant on the palate but with a stone fruit finish.
Fairview Brut (R120) is a blend of Viognier, Grenache Noir and Grenache Blanc. It was quite fresh.
Fairview Oom Pagel Semillon (R80) was nice and smooth, creamy and very nice. Liked this wine.
Fairview Sangiovese (R75) This is an Italian varietal. It was a little dry for my liking, I got aniseed and wild berries on the nose and on the taste also. It was a light wine.
Fairview Mouvedre (R70) quite light in body, nice fruitiness and a little dry.
Fairview Caldera (R110) had a lovely smell, was smooth on the palate, light and tiny bit dry on the finish. I liked this wine.
The bottle I came to buy was the Nurok and we were really lucky to get a tasting of this also. This was smooth, a little creamy and had pleasant fruit flavours. I liked this wine.
Primo Pinotage (R150) Was light-med in body, dry, little coffee/choc taste.
La Capra Pinot Grigio (R220 for a case of 6) was pleasant and easy drinking.
Between the two of us, we got to taste a nice range of wine.
We then went through to the cheese tasting and got to try 6 different cheeses. We spent a nice amount of time in this area stocking up on preserves, bread, cheese etc.
A visit to Fairview is very pleasant but it is commercial and a lot of people visit this place. I have eaten here a few times and it is also very pleasant and reasonably priced.
Today we went to Fairview to buy a few bottles of wine.
While there we decided to do a wine and cheese tasting for R25 pp. I was really glad we visited this place a second time as we had a really pleasant experience. Thankfully it wasn't too busy when we got
there.
When you do a tasting at Fairview you can choose 6 wines to
try. They have quite an extensive list so again it can be hard to choose.
However, if you know what kind of wine you like, then the staff can help you to
choose wine you will likely enjoy.
We had a really good tasting with Samantha. She was really
good at her job. She was enthusiastic, polite, pleasant, and friendly. The
tasting was informative and she went out of her way to make sure we enjoyed our
experience at Fairview.
I tasted the Fairview Darling Riesling (R45) it had a lovely white stone fruit aroma, had nice acidity and a full mouth feeling on the palate. It was off dry. It had a slight bitter/dried apricot finish. I liked this wine.
The Fairview Darling Sauvignon Blanc (R55) I found was a little green.
Fairview Darling Chenin Blanc (R50) was nice, fruity and light. I liked it.
Fairview Chardonnay (R70) was lightly wooded. Not much on the nose. Pleasant on the palate. Quite a fresh taste.
Fairview Viognier (R70) Has the typical peach and apricot nose of a Viognier but it was very faint. Pleasant on the palate but with a stone fruit finish.
Fairview Brut (R120) is a blend of Viognier, Grenache Noir and Grenache Blanc. It was quite fresh.
Fairview Oom Pagel Semillon (R80) was nice and smooth, creamy and very nice. Liked this wine.
Fairview Sangiovese (R75) This is an Italian varietal. It was a little dry for my liking, I got aniseed and wild berries on the nose and on the taste also. It was a light wine.
Fairview Mouvedre (R70) quite light in body, nice fruitiness and a little dry.
Fairview Caldera (R110) had a lovely smell, was smooth on the palate, light and tiny bit dry on the finish. I liked this wine.
The bottle I came to buy was the Nurok and we were really lucky to get a tasting of this also. This was smooth, a little creamy and had pleasant fruit flavours. I liked this wine.
Primo Pinotage (R150) Was light-med in body, dry, little coffee/choc taste.
La Capra Pinot Grigio (R220 for a case of 6) was pleasant and easy drinking.
Between the two of us, we got to taste a nice range of wine.
We then went through to the cheese tasting and got to try 6 different cheeses. We spent a nice amount of time in this area stocking up on preserves, bread, cheese etc.
A visit to Fairview is very pleasant but it is commercial and a lot of people visit this place. I have eaten here a few times and it is also very pleasant and reasonably priced.
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