An avenue of cypress trees leads to tall red-brick buildings with soaring arched windows. Surrounded by indigenous gardens and grapevines, you may for a moment think you are in Tuscany. Owner Nathan Jankelowitz loves Italy and has a great interest in Tuscan wines. He used his passion to create something similar here on South African soil and even named the estate Bacco estate, after Bacchus, the Roman God of Wine.
Spacious and comfortable, the wine-tasting lounge looks into the immaculate cellar on one side and an open-air terrace with mountain views on the other. The 6 characterful and individual wines currently on the tasting menu are divided into whites and reds, in 2 tasting flights of 3 wines each. Or you can choose the full flight! We highly recommend the sumptious canape pairing too and believe a cellar tour will reveal more stories behind the winemaking process.
The regularly changing menu is also influenced by the Italian ways and lives on in the efforts of Nathan's daughter Carla who returned after her 10year chef journey in London, to open the intimate eatery in the tasting room and together with chef Steff Hoefnagels, creates dishes using local ingredients that pair beautifully with the estate wine.
Save space for dessert as Carla's smoky, slightly salty, baked brie cheesecake with Amarena cherries, is a show stealer that remain in your memory long after your visit to Sensi Di Bacco.
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Directions
Directions from Central Paarl via Main Road/ R45. Head southeast on Mill toward Durr. urn right onto Main Rd/R45. Continue onto Old Paarl Rd/R10. Turn left onto Benbernard Rd. Turn left onto Simonsvlei Rd. Destination will be on the right.