Durbanville Shiraz - 750ml

Inspired by Cape Town’s radiant energy and creative demeanour, our new premium offering - The Collector’s Reserve - is a unique range specially crafted by our winemakers using only the finest grapes from Cape Town’s best vineyards. To truly connect the Winelands and City, we have handpicked prominent landmarks in Cape Town and commissioned a vibrant Capetonian artist - Theo Vorster - to impart his vision of these landmarks onto each bottle. This range has been designed as a collector’s item for both wine and art lovers alike.

in the vineyard : The selected grapes came from an 18-year-old North-facing vineyard on the open western side of the valley with clear line of sight to the West coast. The loamy soil is of medium potential on weathered shale to prevent the vigorous growth typical of Shiraz. Selected leaf removal was done by hand to allow for sunlight penetration ensuring good fruit and colour.

As the block is fairly large, a program called "Fruitlook" was used to supply weekly multispectral satellite imagery with a normalised difference vegetation index. These images were used to identify differences in the vineyard canopy and assess the quality to find the best spots.

The spots were carefully monitored to ensure full ripeness before the typical start of shrivelling of the berries, which can lead to a jammy flavour in the wine.