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Rustenberg has a wine-growing history dating back to 1682, when Roelof Pasman from Meurs, near the Rhine, recognised its wine-growing potential.
By 1781 some 50 leaguers of wine were produced on the farm (1 leaguer = 570 litres), doubling to 100 by the end of the century, when a new cellar was built. Wine has been bottled at this cellar for an unbroken period from 1892.
In the early 1800's Rustenberg was divided by owner Jacob Eksteen and a section given to his son-in-law, who named it Schoongezicht and sold it soon after. Rustenberg and Schoongezicht were at their peak around 1812, with beautiful homesteads and flourishing vineyards. But by mid-century, recession coupled with disease in the vines, brought bankruptcy and dispossession.
Schoongezicht was rescued in 1892 by John X Merriman (who was to become Prime Minister of the Cape), and Rustenberg by his brother-in-law Sir Jacob Barry. Together they revitalised the farms. Fruit was sent to Covent Garden; new vines were grafted onto disease-resistant American stock; wines were exported to England and the Continent - and even Siberia.
In 1941 Peter and Pamela Barlow bought Rustenberg, later acquiring Schoongezicht and reuniting the properties. Their son Simon (right) took over the running of the farm in 1987, revitalising the vineyards and commissioning a new cellar to take Rustenberg into the new millennium.
The Barlows have been at Rustenberg for over 60 years: the longest period any one family has owned the estate.
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 A cold, wet winter in 2009 allowed for the lovely, even budding of the vineyards during spring, and the warm, sunny days that followed in summer resulted in great flavour and colour development in the berries. Full fruit flavours and soft tannins, together with good aromatics and ideal acidity, made ... more
BN#444196
This wine is named in honour of a former owner of Rustenberg, John Xavier Merriman, who bought the farm in 1892 in sympathy with farmers suffering from the phyloxera crisis. He played a great role in revitalizing Rustenberg and in promoting the tourism and agricultural value of Ida's Valley, the ... more
BN#490442
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