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| Our periodic Newsletter... 11 October 2011 |
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WHAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN THE PLATTER GUIDE AND KILIMANJARO ???...
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Question : What is the link between The Platter Guide and Kilimanjaro ?
Answer : Both celebrated our Cap Classique at their top over the past week...
Dear Bubbly-Lovers Friends,
We invite you to scroll further down this newsletter where we would proudly like to share with you our recent winemaking and family achievements...
For those who have been waiting, you will be happy to hear that we will get a new container from Champagne early next week with all our lines of products available again (they are already open for online orders).
As usual, we deliver free of charge anywhere in South Africa. All our 3 blends are currently available, but not for too long... So don't wait and please feel free to use our friendly online order facilities. For now, I am off to Champagne tomorrow.... more bubbly stories to come soon !!!
With our bubbliest regards,
Jean-Philippe & Isabelle Colmant
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TOP RATINGS IN THE 2012 PLATTER GUIDE...
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 Last month, we already told you about our remarkable review from world renowned American critic Robert Parker in his publication "The Wine Advocate" (click to see full report) where both our Cap Classique Brut Reserve and Brut Chardonnay achieved a whopping score of 92/100, highest score ever given by Parker to a Cap Classique.On the local side an to corroborate the notations of Parker, we have received more than excellent news today from the Platter Guide for its 2012 edition.
The professional tasters of the Platter Guide assess every year over 6000 South African Wines and rate them on a scale from 1 to 5 stars. If a wine shows really exceptional qualities, the taster (for us it is Michael Fridjhon) may nominate that wine for a potential 5 stars rating, in which case it is resubmitted for a blind tasting by a panel of 7 judges.
 Since the creation of the guide 30 years ago, only four Cap Classique achieved the 5 stars rating. This year, 140 wines in total were nominated for the 5 stars tasting but only 3 Cap Classique amongst them. Out of those three were both our Brut Reserve and our Brut Chardonnay.
Today in London the results were officially announced and we are extremely proud to say that our Brut Chardonnay received the ultimate 5 stars accolade. Our Brut Reserve didn't make it but belongs now to the very sought after category called "4 1/2 stars Highly Recommended".
Well, although we don't need a special occasion to do so, we have already popped a few corks to celebrate... !!!
Cheers !
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TWO COLMANTS AT THE TOP OF AFRICA...
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I climbed it for the first time in 2004 and assumed at that time it was also the last one... But things worked differently, when in 2007 my daughter asked me “Daddy, why don’t you take me to the top of Kilimanjaro?”… So I did, with my then 16 year old daughter and 14 year old son. This year was my third climb with Roxane, my 15 year old daughter. Last Thursday the 6th of October at 8:20 am, by a temperature of -15 Celsius and oxygen at only 40% of its sea-level density, Roxane and myself still managed to easily pop the corks of our 2 champions, a bottle of Cap Classique Brut Reserve and a bottle of Cap Classique Brut Chardonnay. And believe me, we just popped the corks to celebrate as there is no way we would be able to have more than a tiny sip of it at that altitude... Rather than words, find here below a few pictures to give you a feel of this stunning climb. And if ever you get the envy to live such an experience, let me know and I’ll gladly sponsor your bottle for the top!       |
Kilimanjaro (5895 m) is the world’s highest free-standing mountain and also the culminating point of the African continent. Reaching its summit is a really challenging but also awesome experience.|
COLMANT CAP CLASSIQUE & CHAMPAGNE
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