These heritage bush vines were planted in 1982 and 1986 on the northeastern slopes of Sonop Hill. Rising above Koelenhof at 240m to 280m, they grow in red and blue shale soils with fractured clay beneath, allowing deep root penetration, steady moisture uptake and natural fruit lift.

The 2025 growing season was marked by cool, moderate conditions, very little wind and exceptionally low disease pressure. Good winter and spring rainfall replenished reserves, while cool day and night temperatures encouraged slow, even ripening.

2025 stands apart as a vintage of real quality. The result is fruit defined by freshness, vibrant acidity and natural balance.

Pale gold in the glass, the wine opens with a perfume of white flowers and delicate peach, alongside a subtle, savoury, spice-driven complexity.

The palate offers white pear, green apple, grapefruit and peach, sharpened by a saline edge and a bright limegreen freshness. Nuances of ginger, cloves and a gravelly minerality emerge, hallmarks of this remarkable corner of Stellenbosch.

A wine of complexity and contrast, it blossoms from restrained beginnings to a structured generosity of fruit, lifted by an electric acidity and signature mouth-coating old vineyard texture.

Built to age, it’s a wine to cellar, reflect on and share.

ANALYSIS: Alc 13.16 % | RS 2.19 g/l | pH 3.27 |TA 5.23 g/l