Morgenster Lourens River Valley

Morgenster
Lourens River Valley
2015
Stellenbosch 

It’s like a scene out of Mad Men. A smokey bar, live jazz band in the corner, leather booths. You look up from your martini and make eye contact with the Morgenster Lourens River Valley through the haze of cigar smoke. I imagine it’s what making eye contact with Don Draper would be like (minus the misogyny and undoubtedly unwieldy underwear from the 1950s). And just like that, you’re swept up in a black and white romance movie, complete with kisses in the rain and slow dances that somehow involve spinning around a lamppost under the full moon. Lonely trumpet player in a doorway mandatory. 

Drinking the Lourens River Valley is like peeling off a crisp white shirt (preferably someone else’s). With a nose of boozy chocolate covered cherries and black forest gateau, there’s a seductiveness to this wine, like the feeling of silk against freshly shaven legs. Expect car doors to be opened for you and offers of suit jackets still warm with body heat when you’re cold. The Lourens River Valley’s all about that old-timey chivalry. 

Pair with: Midnight dates that end in brass beds with twisted white sheets and chocolate covered strawberries. Romantic clichés and red nail polish recommended.