A fresh and vibrant nose of crushed red fruits, hints of redcurrant and wild plum with lightly herbal notes, cloves and star anise. Plush and richly flavored with ripe black fruit, a savory mid palate and subtle, gently spicy oak backed by juicy acidity. The rich fruit is offset by fine tannins on an attractively muscular finish.
Wildeberg’s rationale is to source the finest vineyards available to us across Franschhoek and the Coastal Region, from which cuvées the eyes are plucked to make Wildeberg and the Terroir Series releases In doing so there remains a small yet definitive expression of all the vineyards we worked with, and its these cuvees that are again selected to go into Coterie by Wildeberg.
All fruit is handharvested in February from selected sites in Franschhoek and Paarl. Both cultivars are fermented whole bunch, with some whole berry fruit, there is no crush, just a daily pump over during the natural fermentation. We want to express place over cultivar so this slow, gentle extraction gives wines truer of origin than winery.
The components are racked to French and Austrian oak, new and old, for 20 months before the blend is decided. This blend is then allowed to marry for 6 weeks prior to coarse filtration and bottling on the farm.
Winemaker: JD Roussouw
All fruit is handharvested in February from selected sites in Franschhoek and Paarl. Both cultivars are fermented whole bunch, with some whole berry fruit, there is no crush, just a daily pump over during the natural fermentation. We want to express place over cultivar so this slow, gentle extraction gives wines truer of origin than winery.
The components are racked to French and Austrian oak, new and old, for 20 months before the blend is decided. This blend is then allowed to marry for 6 weeks prior to coarse filtration and bottling on the farm.
Winemaker: JD Roussouw
Wildeberg’s compact winemaking team is headed up by JD Rossouw, who grew up amongst the region’s ancient vineyards and works closely with the experienced Ryno Booysen. As proud members of the Cape’s Old Vine Project (OVP), their mission is rooted in sourcing blocks of vineyard that deserve individual expression and deserve to be kept in the ground.
As custodians of the land that yields the fruit of their wines, Wildeberg seeks to become a more sustainable wine company with a lighter footprint on its precious soils. The focus of the Wildeberg portfolio continues to be the white and reds from outstanding single blocks across the Cape.
As custodians of the land that yields the fruit of their wines, Wildeberg seeks to become a more sustainable wine company with a lighter footprint on its precious soils. The focus of the Wildeberg portfolio continues to be the white and reds from outstanding single blocks across the Cape.
