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[Wine Goggle] Boschendal, South Africa’s oldest privately owned winery, was one of only three South African wineries to achieve Gold Medal status at the 2009 Monde Selection International Wine Contest held in Maleizen in Belgium. The Boschendal 1685 Chardonnay 2008 was also the only South African Chardonnay to win Gold in this prestigious international wine competition in which over 1600 wines from 70 countries were judged during April.

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[Boschendal Wines' Blog] Wine of the Week - Le Grande Pavillon Brut Rosé: “This is a true Rosé wine - after pressing the red grapes, the juice was bled from the grapes immediately and blended with 15% of Chardonnay, resulting in the unique sunset-salmon hue of the base wine. The base wine was bottled under crown-cap where it underwent secondary fermentation, spending 12 months on the lees before disgorgement.

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