Powerful and present, dark forest berry fruit mixes with tobacco and herbal notes; on the palate, the natural minerality emerges and enters into an elegant symbiosis with the tannin; long-lasting finish
It all began with the vision of Paul Boutinot, who traveled the world to find the perfect piece of land, the perfect climate, and strong vines for sustainable agriculture. After 10 years, in 2002, he finally found it. In South Africa, in Cape Town with a view of False Bay, lay Waterkloof, which was the ideal breeding ground for his biodynamic wine vision. There, he was able to give his previously pieced-together wine line, False Bay, a very personal and natural touch. In 2012, he then concentrated only on the paradise of Waterkloof and found an innovative and eager-to-learn team to put his vision into practice.
Oenologist Nadia Langenegger shares and shaped Paul's vision. "To produce healthy vines, you need soil that is full of life," and they instilled this into the soils together with vineyard manager Christiaan Loots and Mark Pienaar. All wines from Waterkloof are grown and processed biodynamically. The basis of biodynamic viticulture is the idea of the cycle, from which the agricultural operation is seen as a living organism, as "a kind of self-contained individuality." Thus, seven horses work in the vineyards, they completely dispense with the use of chemical pesticides, and only biodynamic preparations are used, such as horn silica. Pulverized quartz is filled into cow horns and buried. Lived vision in harmony with nature
