Independent on Saturday

Try the duck, and the ‘dirty’ wine

Blind tasting

The Black Rabbit

Where: Lillies Quarter, 14 Old Main Road, Hillcrest

Open: Daily 11.30am to 9.30pm

Call: 031 765 3059

I liked the name – Seriously Old Dirt. We’re drinking a wine that is the special of the week at The Black Rabbit in Hillcrest.

Produced by Vilafonté, it’s a light Bordeaux-style blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot and Cabernet Franc, matured for 18 months in French oak. It’s a wine that celebrates grapes from the ancient soils of the Cape, or so the blurb

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