Rupert Rothschild
Rupert & Rothschild is born from the union of two families historically linked to the world of wine and represents the expression of their greatest passion, rooted in centuries. Baron Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild is the great-grandson of Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild, who in 1868 purchased what would become the first wine estate in Bordeaux, Chateau Lafite. Over a century later, the baron pursues the dream of producing the best wines in every corner of the world, thus founding a series of wineries in old Europe and, subsequently, in the farthest areas from home. Arriving in South Africa, he has the opportunity to meet Anton Rupert, a businessman-philanthropist with an established career, capable of creating businesses from scratch and with the same reverence for the arts, people, the natural world, and the vision of a fine South African wine. In 1997, the same year that marked the passing of Baron Edmond, they formalized the agreement and brought to life the Rupert & Rothschild estate by acquiring the historic Fredericksburg farm, founded in 1690 by the first Huguenots in escape from France and was already a protagonist of viticulture in the region. Since 2001, the company has been run by Johann Rupert along with his sister Hanneli, pursuing the original idea of creating iconic Bordeaux-style bottles.
Rupert & Rothschild extends in the area of the town of Franschhoek, within the Berg River Valley, on the slopes descending from Simonsberg Mountain, which separates the estate from the Stellenbosch area to the southwest, towards the town of Paarl to the north. The Western Cape province is the territory that shapes the southwestern tip of South Africa, practically at the crossroads of the Atlantic, Indian, and Antarctic oceans. The property of about 170 hectares consists of a wide variety of soils, characterized by the presence of granite, red clay, schist clay, and sandstone from Table Mountain, the massif that overlooks Cape Town to the west. The harvest is done manually, between early February and the end of March, in relation to the different ripening of the grapes and in summer irrigation is used to irrigation.
The Rupert & Rothschild vineyard consists of the typical black grape varieties native to Bordeaux, from vines that are even up to 30 years old: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec. The vinifications are conducted in a separate manner for each variety and for each parcel of origin, the cuvées aged in new barriques and finally blended. The only white is made from pure Chardonnay. The bottles bear the designation Western Cape or Stellenbosch.
Rupert & Rothschild is born from the union of two families historically linked to the world of wine and represents the expression of their greatest passion, rooted in centuries. Baron Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild is the great-grandson of Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild, who in 1868 purchased what would become the first wine estate in Bordeaux, Chateau Lafite. Over a century later, the baron pursues the dream of producing the best wines in every corner of the world, thus founding a series of wineries in old Europe and, subsequently, in the farthest areas from home. Arriving in South Africa, he has the opportunity to meet Anton Rupert, a businessman-philanthropist with an established career, capable of creating businesses from scratch and with the same reverence for the arts, people, the natural world, and the vision of a fine South African wine. In 1997, the same year that marked the passing of Baron Edmond, they formalized the agreement and brought to life the Rupert & Rothschild estate by acquiring the historic Fredericksburg farm, founded in 1690 by the first Huguenots in escape from France and was already a protagonist of viticulture in the region. Since 2001, the company has been run by Johann Rupert along with his sister Hanneli, pursuing the original idea of creating iconic Bordeaux-style bottles.
Rupert & Rothschild extends in the area of the town of Franschhoek, within the Berg River Valley, on the slopes descending from Simonsberg Mountain, which separates the estate from the Stellenbosch area to the southwest, towards the town of Paarl to the north. The Western Cape province is the territory that shapes the southwestern tip of South Africa, practically at the crossroads of the Atlantic, Indian, and Antarctic oceans. The property of about 170 hectares consists of a wide variety of soils, characterized by the presence of granite, red clay, schist clay, and sandstone from Table Mountain, the massif that overlooks Cape Town to the west. The harvest is done manually, between early February and the end of March, in relation to the different ripening of the grapes and in summer irrigation is used to irrigation.
The Rupert & Rothschild vineyard consists of the typical black grape varieties native to Bordeaux, from vines that are even up to 30 years old: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec. The vinifications are conducted in a separate manner for each variety and for each parcel of origin, the cuvées aged in new barriques and finally blended. The only white is made from pure Chardonnay. The bottles bear the designation Western Cape or Stellenbosch.
