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The GILBERT & GAILLARD International Magazine : Make some room in your lounge for WINE REGIONS from around the world
The GILBERT & GAILLARD International Magazine :
Make some room in your lounge for WINE REGIONS from around the world
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SOUTH AFRICA<br />
– SPIRITS –<br />
Third-generation owner of Backsberg, Michael Back<br />
a dedication to Barry’s maverick ways and ongoing quest<br />
for perfection,’ says Pretorius, delighted about double gold<br />
ratings for the ‘lengthy and layered’ VSOP (92) and the<br />
‘delicate and refined’ XO (96).<br />
CRAFT ARM<br />
Big as it may be, Oude Molen has joined the Cape Brandy<br />
Distillers Guild which mostly represents producers crafting<br />
small-volume potstill brandies – an exciting development<br />
in recent decades, spearheaded by the late Sydney Back of<br />
Paarl wine estate Backsberg, who in the early 1990s lobbied<br />
for legislative change surrounding the production of estate<br />
potstill brandy. Determined to produce a spirit equivalent<br />
to the great Cognacs, Back sought advice from Rémy Martin<br />
and imported an alembic potstill – and in 1995 he scooped<br />
the IWSC trophy for the Best Brandy in the World.<br />
Along with winemaker Alicia Rechner, Back’s son Michael<br />
and grandson Simon have kept the brandy flame burning<br />
ever since, using early-picked Paarl Chenin to produce a<br />
base wine that is double-distilled and then matured in<br />
AUTUMN 2021 GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE 109
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