Cape Tawny Limited Release

Enjoyed best on its own by the fire place or with hearty baked winter puddings.

Portuguese varietals were planted in Calitzdorp during the late 1970’s with Tinta Barocca being the first to find its way to the Klein Karoo. Now Calitzdorp is known as South Africa’s Port Capital with these varietals leading the way. 30 year old vines were planted in shallow Karoo sand/clay on Buffelsvlei. Vines are trellised and micro irrigated.

Skins were then pressed and the wine was aged in old small 225 liter barrels. The wine was blended from a range of different vintages between five and 15 years.

Selected bunches were handpicked mid to late February from row selected vines in specific blocks at 26o Balling. Bunches were destemmed, crushed and rapidly cooled in a small open fermenter. Grapes were left to spontaneously start fermenting after which at the desired sugar the fermentation was stopped by adding alcohol to the must.

De Krans Wine Cellar is situated along the upper reaches of the picturesque Gamka River Valley in Calitzdorp in the Klein Karoo. The rich and long history of the farm dates to 1890, when it was bought by the Nel family. The current cellar was built in 1964 by Chris Nel and his brother Danie. The first Portuguese grape variety in Calitzdorp was planted in 1973 at De Krans by a twist of fate. Chris Nel, father of Boets & Stroebel Nel, intended to plant Shiraz, which turned out to be Tinta Barocca, when the newly planted vineyard started bearing grapes in 1976! Since 1985 other classic Portuguese varieties, such as Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Amarela and Souzão, have been planted. De Krans is widely known as one of the leading producers of port-style wines, as well as one of the most innovative cellars in South Africa. De Krans was the first in South Africa to produce a Touriga Nacional as a dry red wine, made the first Pink Port-style wine, as well as the first Moscato perlé wine in South Africa. De Krans has recently been awarded for its innovation, winning the Most Innovative Wine Award for the De Krans Espresso, as well as for the De Krans MCC at the Michelangelo International Wine Awards.