![cellar - Jacobsdal Wine Estate, Western Cape, South Africa [© 2007 PaulGodard.com]](http://images.gondwanastudio.com/xMedia/Images/Photos/JD_900001-900500/JD_900060.jpg "cellar - Jacobsdal Wine Estate, Western Cape, South Africa [© 2007 PaulGodard.com]")
The Cellar
Built in 1920, little has changed in the Jacobsdal cellar, from the ornate gable with crudely cut holes for ventilation, to the open cement fermentation tanks beneath and the hand-made instrument for 'punching the cap'.
After fermentation, the wine is racked from the lees and matured in small casks of French oak for 18 months, before bottling and being allowed to settle in the bottle before being released.
For decades the farm produced only the Jacobsdal Pinotage, selling its other grapes, but in recent years limited quantities of Cabernet Sauvignon have also been released through the Bergkelder Vinotèque.
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