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This vineyard has a unique history and an extraordinary story of “2 lives”. First planted in 1964 on the slopes of the Paardeberg Mountains between Malmesbury and Paarl in the Swartland, these old bush vines were removed from their original site and replanted on the north facing decomposed granite slopes of L’Ormarins, Franschhoek in 2007 and 2008 where they now produce this single varietal wine. Yielding on average around 2 – 3 tons/ha, the vines produce fruit with great purity and balance.

Spontaneous alcoholic fermentation occurred in an old French oak foudre, before the wine was transferred to both stainless steel (50%) and older 300ℓ French oak hogsheads. The wine underwent spontaneous MLF (100%) and was kept on the fine lees for 7 months prior to bottling.

Grapes were hand-picked early in the morning into small lug boxes and taken to the cellar adjacent to the vineyard, where they were then destemmed and pressed, and the juice allowed to settle overnight.

Anthonij Rupert Wyne was founded on the farm L’Ormarins in Franschhoek. Originally owned by the late Anthonij Rupert who passed away in 2001 the farm was eventually taken over by his brother Johann Rupert in 2003 and the brand named after him. It was Johann Rupert who constructed a state-of-the-art winemaking facility catapulting the farm into a prestigious wine estate and the beginnings of what is now a sprawling enterprise. The focus is on terroir specific wines and therefore the ranges are made from a number of sites. Each site offers optimum varietal specific growing conditions allowing Anthonij Rupert Wyne to adhere to the requirements of their different brands.