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  Asara Wine Estate and Hotel
Phone +27.218888000
Fax +27.218888001
eMail info@asara.co.za
URL www.asara.co.za
Address P.O. Box 882
Stellenbosch
7599
South Africa

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The Asara Cellar was originally the old manor house on the estate but was transformed into the wine cellar in 1953 and still today, you can see some of the original old cement fermentation tanks.

Under its new ownership, the cellar received a well-needed upgrade just in time for the 2003 harvest, applying the principles of gravity flow. With two open top wooden fermenters imported from France and two stainless steel open fermenters equipped with a punch-down system we are now able to combine the more traditional method of red wine making with the modern.

For barrel maturation, a key aspect of our red wine production, we can now use a new large facility equipped with cooling and humidity control. All of these innovations are aimed at a softer handling of the grapes with the aim of producing the best possible range of wines from the Asara terroir.

Our cellar is expertly run by our winemaker, Francois Joubert and his team of passionate wine lovers, and if you would like to experience an informative cellar tour, please make a reservation at our wine tasting centre.