Obscura Amber

This wine pairs excellently with a variety of dishes. Its balanced acidity and complex flavour profile make it a suitable companion for poultry, pork, veal, and vegetarian dishes.

Obscura Amber is a skin-macerated blend of 50% Grenache Blanc, 25% Semillon, and 25% Chenin Blanc — all sourced from dryland bushvines in Darling.

The grapes were destemmed and gently crushed into separate qvevri, where natural fermentation began spontaneously within three to five days. Fermentation lasted approximately 14 days, with the cap manually punched down four times daily using a traditional wooden tool. This vintage spent an ambitious 7 months on the skins — our longest maceration to date — guided by insights from a Georgian winemaker. Throughout this time, gentle daily punch-downs continued, allowing for slow, complex extraction of tannins and the wine’s vivid amber hue. No additives or adjustments were made. The structure and ageability come solely from the natural grape tannins, with no added SO2. After 7 months, the wine was blended and bottled unfined and unfiltered. Some natural sediment may occur.

Klein Amoskuil, tucked away in the rugged Swartland, is a farm with stories to tell. Once a tobacco farm, now home to natural qvevri wines and certified organic vineyards, it’s all about winemaking with minimal intervention. No irrigation, just dryland, organic farming in the harshest conditions. The wines of Klein Amoskuil embrace a hands-off, back-to-basics approach. In their range of organic wines and natural wines fermented in traditional Georgian qvevri, each bottle of Klein Amoskuil wine reflects the wild spirit of the Swartland—earthy, untamed, and full of character.