Reserve Red

Beef, Lamb, Game (deer, venison), Poultry

The Syrah grapes are selected from a southerly facing vineyard on the property. Here the soils are slightly shallower and the vineyard yields grapes with thicker skins and intense concentration.

The wine was naturally fermented in open-top concrete fermenters with a 30% portion of foot-crushed whole bunch.

Biodynamic Winemaking. The future lies right at the beginning. There's a lot to be said for the way wine used to be made. Back when the Reyneke farm first began as ‘Uitzicht’ in1863 there were no chemicals or technological advancements. Just the land and nature. Uitzicht (which is the Dutch for ‘View’) is perched overlooking Stellenbosch and False Bay. It has north east and south facing slopes. The best land is planted with vines and the remainder complements the vineyards with pasture compost-making and pockets of wilderness. It’s the kind of balance that’s far more important than ensuring the spreadsheets all balance out. And it’s the true time-honoured tradition of winemaking.