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IN 2016, NTSIKI BIYELA
ESTABLISHED ASLINA WINES,
NAMING IT AFTER THE WOMAN
WHO INSPIRED HER TO EMBRACE
HER TALENTS AND DREAMS,
HER GRANDMOTHER
promoting the country and its intricate stories of place. Consumers are fascinated by South Africa
and even more fulfilled having tasted the wines.»
Its complex expression of passionfruit and capsicum awarded the Aslina Sauvignon Blanc 2021
91 points by Gilbert & Gaillard, setting the bar for an incredible array of South African Sauvignon
Blanc to taste.
It was Klein Constantia concluding Gilbert & Gaillard’s Sauvignon Blanc tasting with a hattrick
performance: Klein Constantia Pierre 2022 Sauvignon Blanc 2022 (90 points), Beau Constantia
2022 reeling in double gold (92) and the older, graceful Klein Constantia Metis 2018 crowned the top
performer with 95 points.
Jacqueline Harris is not only the sales and marketing manager speaking on behalf of the team but an
avid Sauvignon Blanc ambassador.
«Our Sauvignon Blanc is an extension of our terroir and philosophy. Each vintage is built on the
lessons learned from previous vintages. Consistent quality flows from a commitment to precision,
understanding vineyard needs, maximising applications of organic products and biodynamic preparations
and principles, minimising conventional methods and products.»
Sauvignon Blanc on their cool Constantia farm grows on decomposed granite and Table Mountain
sandstone, with 40 separate parcels and 13 clones utilised to produce an average of 4.4 tons/hectare.
SAUVIGNON BLANC SOUTH AFRICA
The first Sauvignon Blanc vines date back to 1880 at Groot Constantia, and the oldest existing Sauvignon
Blanc vineyard today is a certified heritage vineyard, planted at Spice Route’s Klein Amoskuil in
72 SUMMER 2023 • GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE