Witblits and Cape Brandy
The white lightning of the Cape: witblits — unaged grape brandy ('white lightning'), the farm-distilled fire of the Western Cape, sibling to the barrel-aged brandies (KWV's are world-class) and mampoer's peachy northern cousin.
What it is
The white lightning of the Cape: witblits — unaged grape brandy ('white lightning'), the farm-distilled fire of the Western Cape, sibling to the barrel-aged brandies (KWV's are world-class) and mampoer's peachy northern cousin. Origins: brandy distillation at the Cape dates to 1672 (the first aboard a ship in Table Bay, they say); witblits is the rough farm version of a noble tradition (South African aged brandy wins world trophies regularly). Made from: wine (often Chenin/Colombard), pot-distilled, bottled unaged for witblits. How it's made: 1) Distil the wine in farm stills. 2) Witblits: no ageing, no mercy. 3) The fine brandies: years in Limousin oak. Served: in tiny glasses on cold Karoo nights; aged brandy neat after dinner. Flavor: witblits = grape fire; aged = apricot and oak silk. Strength: 50% (witblits, variable), 38-43% (aged brandy). Culture: 'n blitsie for the cold is Cape folk wisdom; the trophies prove the same soil makes silk too. See also: Pinotage, Amarula.
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