Rust en Vrede Wine Estate

A truly fantastic spot to eat a delicious fillet or sirloin with chips and a glass of wine. The quality is excellent and consistently good. Make sure to sit outside underneath the trees to fully appreciate what the winelands has to offer. Large open grass area for the kids to play in while the adults enjoy good wine too! Make sure you wear your mask! Temperature taken upon entry.

Probably the best wine estate in Stellenbosch. It is definitely a bit more on the expensive side but the wines are exceptional. I would also recommend the wine makers lunch, salmon dish. We have probably had it 6 times already.The service is also amazing. I must take my hat off to the people working here and the management team.

Amazing gardens, which are rich in plants and trees. The staff was attentive and professionals.Food is simple for lunch with only three options ( beef fillet , sirloin or salmon). The fries could be hand cut and the salad a bit proper.Tasty wines.I would come again

Besutiful garden. Seems to be a place for lunch (three options to choose from), as it was packed when we arrived at 2pm.Nice tasting. Got to taste three of their reds.

Fantastic place. The restaurant lunch menu is ideal..only 3 choices on the menu but such excellent choices, you really don't need other options. Staff is friendly, great ambience and the food is exceptional. The grounds are beautiful and sitting outside when the weather is ideal, is the best way to experience Rust en Vrede.

Classy and glossy estate, it all shines around. Since stepping through the gate up to main entrance, everything neat and clean, sharp. At the wine tasting dozen of workers running after clients apparently. A great presentation. Substance?Let’s start saying we - two of us, stepping into the tasting room mid afternoon during festive season - had the impression that everyone around was busy not after clients and it was not peak time. In spite of tables out half empty, restaurant shut, no one out of the aforementioned dozen staff checked on us wanting to get acquainted of sitting & tasting.It took some time and effort to catch the attention of someone and to get harbor in the garden. At that point we started questioning and that’s exactly where one might start questioning.They claim to offer fine dining and fine wines. Not cheap, then. But there is serious intent on perfection here, and any tasting goes through protocol and storytelling to impress.Pity it does not deliver a thing. Soon customers will discover tasting limited to second-rate wines, the good ones (their admission) just for sales. Huh, that’s stellar marketing for some flawless, well-renowned, majestic, wine farm whose wines are sooo good to split them into a premium line and a commercial one.Rust en Vrede Wine does not belong to this class of farms, with or without the flock of honeyish reviews by self-styled local guides on here.The wine selection comes with Shiraz, Merlot, Red Estate as flagships (incl. their ‘single wine yard’ versions) it turns out being the worst red labels in the Stellenboch area so far second only to […] (censured, please check through my reviews if interested).Reds either lack character or excess in acidity. Their ‘beautifully crafted blend, of the cabernet sauvignon, shiraz and merlot’ - bottle of R600 / € 30 for the record - it’s stoned (closed up) rich in acidity and tannins.In addition, we had the opportunity to taste the premium line - yes, we made it thanks to a nice and wise assistant keen to - and being vaguely poured in our glasses after we almost spitted out their bush-league labels.The Estate Cabernet Sauvignon and the Single Vineyard Cab come empty, flat, missing body, structure, finishing. It is not even a Cab almost. The sad side of story is that price range of Rust en Vrede wines turns to be one of the most expensive when compared to similar labels / competitors in the area.For short, one mark to the approach and quality of wines, the Estate itself has some nice views around the area even though with such wine tasting it won’t ever come to our mind to return.Place for gentrified clients. Other than that, if one won’t even look / understand the cultivars being poured in his glass, it can work.

This is one of my favourite Stellenbosch estates.Wonderful environment, great lunch and excellent wines.Happy to give this estate 5 stars.I'd give 6 if I could.This was the steak that I was given during the tasting. Also, top quality fillet.

We went to Rust en Vrede on NYD and couldn’t have been happier with our choice!We enjoyed the winemaker lunch and tried their amazing wines. Everything was perfect from the very warm welcome of the staff to the tasty food and the amazing wines.We ended up ordering 48 bottles - shows how much we loved it!