Aj Wine

white / sweet / 11% alc.

Grape variety
100% Muscat d'Alexandrie

Stellar Organics is situated in Trawal, 275 km north of Cape Town and is the largest producer of fine organic wines in South Africa. It was the first organic winemaking operation in the world to gain Fairtrade certification and the first cellar in Africa to produce no-sulphur added wines on a commercial scale. Stellar was established in 2002 by the four Rossouw brothers, who set it up as a joint venture with a local farmer's group. The winery was awarded Fairtrade status in 2004, and today, its workers own 26% of the shares.

The area of the Western Cape is the only area in the world where Rooibos (red bush), known for its medicinal properties, can be cultivated. Fully sun-ripened Muscat d'Alexandrie grapes partially dried on a bed of organic straw and Rooibos and rehydrated in their own juice has produced a dessert wine redolent of the flavours and scents of apricot and Rooibos. Heaven on Earth is a superb example of a specialist regional product.

Tasting notes
This natural sweet dessert wine is light gold in colour. A very fragrant nose is reminiscent of roses, apricots and pine trees on a hot windless day. The wine is light in the mouth and has delicate flavours of roses and apricots held together by wisps of Rooibos, ending with pine nuts. The wine has a good acidity that prevents a cloying sweetness and allows a clean finish.