Knapsekêrel

Pair with venison pie or ostrich fillet.

Only seven rows of Cabernet Franc is used for this small batch wine. The Oudeberg vineyard is located on a south facing slope in the Polkadraai Hills. Soil health is maintained with cover crop mixes and the farms trusty waddle of ducks.

The wine was matured in older French oak barrels for 11 months prior to bottling, unfiltered.

Kept modest, to allow the site to speak. Handpicked grapes, 15% incorporated as whole bunches, were naturally fermented in open-top vessels with regular punch downs before being basket pressed.

Thistle and Weed is a collaboration between the Terblanche and Wiid families established in 2015, led by Etienne Terblanche (Viticulturist) and Stephanie Wiid (Winemaker). Inspired by the encroaching weeds found amongst the vines grown in the Cape, Etienne and Steph draw parallels between thistles and weeds and the uncompromising tenacity and survival skills of grapevines. Together, they set out to discover the best of the Cape’s hidden gems, intent on crafting honest wines that are made with a deep connection to nature and offer the most simple expression of the terroir from which they come.