Kinnegar Wines , Importers of fine selected wines

Each of the 6 vineyards is located on South-Westerly & Westerly slopes of the Perdeberg Mountain in Swartland. Situated 70 kms as the crow flies directly North of Table Mountain and in close proximity to the cooling maritime breezes and the very cold waters of the South Atlantic. Notwithstanding these influences, this remains a hot-climate area. The Shiraz and Grenache vary in age from 9 to 20 years old, the Mourvèdre & Viognier 6 to 8 years - all children of the new South Africa. The Carignan is 34 years old. Yields are very low, at 23 - 25 hl per hectare.

The great advantage of producing fruit from fabulous well-established bush vines for the large majority of this blend is that we are able to retain excellent minerality -through low PH’s, good natural acidity and alcohols which are not out of balance. These bushvines are accustomed to the heat and the toughness of this rugged environment and with many seasons under their belt, have struck-up a harmonious co-existence. Their root systems go very deep, as they have to look a long way for water, and plunge 10 - 12 meters into the granitic subsoils and bedrock below. are grown

Filling a 600L barrel with Elgin Pinot Noir 2011
for fermentation