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Wine Description
The Story
Named for the striking aloe plants near the old vineyard it comes from. The vineyard was planted in the 1930’s, with a mix of standard Semillon and a red-berried form of Semillon once common in the Cape and probably unique to South Africa, but now almost vanished. Both versions used to be called “Greengrape.”
This is one of the most pristine old vineyards we know. No herbicides or artificial fertilizers have been used on it, and it ha...