Here are Five bizarrely incongruous facts about Robertson that will both enlighten and confuse you:

1. It is a ridiculously hot continental valley, almost completely cut off from the cooling effects of the ocean, thanks to the Riviersonderend Mountain Range.

2. Robertson Valley was also once at the bottom of an inland sea…and SO possesses all the lovely ancient sea creature carcasses that all disintegrate and form the rich calcium deposits that make up Limestone soils; which also happen to be a key feature of some of the world’s most famous fancy pants wine regions: Burgundy, Champagne, the Loire, Saint Emillion in Bordeaux, the Penedes in Spain.

3. Robertson Valley is home to Graham Beck, arguably South Africa’s most famous Cap Classique Producer; who has had their Brut Cap Classique

chosen by both Nelson Mandela and Barrack Obama as their bubbly of choice at various celebration dinners.

4. Robertson Valley is home to the fourth biggest wine company in South Africa – the Robertson Winery – a gargantuan wine factory that produces roughly 60 million litres of wine each year, and exports to 30 countries.

5. Robertson is home to both teensy weensy boutique wineries with low-yielding vineyards planted at just shy of 400m ASL AND it’s home to some of the biggest bulk producing grape farms in the country.

When chilled down to about 12 degrees it presents as a sort of seville orange juice, but morphs into slightly sweeter peach and nectarine. As the tart acidity from the front end starts to fade, there emerges a slow-build lime cordial juiciness, which eventually segues lovely bit of oak-inspired nutmeg, lingering lime, and a puff lemon blossom to close things out.
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