Supple and plush but built to last from start to finish, South Africa's finest
Lifted, perfumed, red berry nose with peppery, smoky notes. Ripe and fleshy on the palate with fine,
fresh plummy fruit leading to a long, savoury, structured finish.
Founded by Paul Boutinot in 2004, Waterkloof is a family-owned farm using organic practices. The farm is perched high up on the windswept Schapenberg, overlooking False Bay and The Atlantic Ocean. Living soils, naturally low yields and a long growing season help provide talented Cellarmaster Nadia Barnard with naturally balanced grapes that are imbued with a truly defining sense of origin. Those grapes are then transformed into wine with a minimum of intervention. The resulting wines are fine, inimitable and best enjoyed with food.
Hand-picked and hand-sorted. Whole bunch wild yeast ferment in an old open-top French oak
fermenter. Foot-treading and manual punch-downs followed by 24 months ageing in old 600l French
oak barrels. No additions other than sulphur.
A top quality wine like this deserves a top quality simply cooked steak.
