Old Vine Cinsault 1.5L

Serve with game dishes, springbok carpaccio, grilled and barbecue cuts. Pairs exceptionally well with seared tuna, poultry and ostrich. Also compliments ossobuco, lamb stews and slow-cooked rich meat dishes. A great companion to a cheese board and bold enough to handle blue vein and matured cheese. Serve slightly chilled at 18°C.

The Certified Heritage Vineyard that produces our Cinsault grapes was planted in 1974. It is a dryland, bush vine and low yielding vineyard that produces excellent fruit. The South West facing vineyard has ancient decomposed granite soil, that adds to the minerality in the wine. The vines are packed with hay bales at their feet to retain moisture and as a natural way of keeping weeds at bay.

The wine was then aged for 12 months before being bottled, unfiltered in June 2025.

The vineyard is closest to the farm shed so picking is fast and efficient. The fruit was harvested by hand at first light, and cool grapes were delivered to the winery. A portion of the grapes went to open fermenters, mostly whole clusters with stalks intact. These grapes went to open fermenters, mostly whole clusters with stalks intact. These grapes were cold soaked for 72 hours and inoculated with a Rhône yeast strain. A second portion was placed in open 500L barrels and naturally fermented. The different components were aged separately and then optimally blended.

The heritage wines, all handcrafted from old character plantings on our farm in Wellington, celebrate a unique combination of the decomposed granite terroir, the exceptional light and the timeless mastery of the winemaker, and offer an enduring expression of the classic Cape wine tradition so globally envied of this region for centuries.