Production

A wine is made under the Waterkloof label, only when one of their vineyard blocks on The Schapenberg offers up something extraordinary. They made their first in 2005 – a Sauvignon Blanc. Finally, seventeen years later their best block of Chenin made the grade and so a second was borne from the outstanding white wine vintage of 2021. Since taking over as winemaker in 2013, having previously been assistant since 2009, Nadia Langenegger and her team have really begun to get the best out of Waterkloof’s red grapes. They believe in evolution rather than revolution and a few modifications were implemented, notably, foot-treading to extract the juice and tannin more gently. Hard work indeed, but also quite fun…well at least the first couple each year are. They have 20 wooden fermenters to get through! The changes have really paid off, even throughout the challenging drought vintages of 2017-2019, but even more so with the help of the fantastic red wine vintage of 2020. Testament to this improvement was a first Platter’s 5 Star Award. With the long drought having finally broken, tasting the 2020 red wines from barrel the Waterkloof team quickly realised that this would be the first vintage to offer up a Waterkloof red. The result? the vinous apogee, named after the fiercest wind god and face of Waterkloof - BOREAS. The debut 2020 vintage was released to great acclaim, receiving 94/100 from Tim Atkin MW, 94/100 from Platter’s, 94+/100 from Greg Sherwood MW and a coveted WINE OF THE WEEK from JancisRobinson.com. The follow-up vintage is the 2023 and the backbone again remains their elegant Cabernet Franc at 58%, ably supported by 30% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Sauvignon. Hand-picked and hand-sorted with whole bunch (with the exception of Cabernet Sauvignon), wild yeast ferment in old, open-top, French oak foudre. Foot treading and manual punch-downs 27 months in French oak barriques (10% new) & 7000l old French oak foudre No additions other than sulphur 10,100 bottles made Offering great enjoyment in its youth, especially once decanted for a couple of hours, BOREAS has a long future ahead and will develop in complexity over the next 10-15+ years.

2014 Production

A wine is made under the Waterkloof label, only when one of their vineyard blocks on The Schapenberg offers up something extraordinary. They made their first in 2005 – a Sauvignon Blanc. Finally, seventeen years later their best block of Chenin made the grade and so a second was borne from the outstanding white wine vintage of 2021. Since taking over as winemaker in 2013, having previously been assistant since 2009, Nadia Langenegger and her team have really begun to get the best out of Waterkloof’s red grapes. They believe in evolution rather than revolution and a few modifications were implemented, notably, foot-treading to extract the juice and tannin more gently. Hard work indeed, but also quite fun…well at least the first couple each year are. They have 20 wooden fermenters to get through! The changes have really paid off, even throughout the challenging drought vintages of 2017-2019, but even more so with the help of the fantastic red wine vintage of 2020. Testament to this improvement was a first Platter’s 5 Star Award. With the long drought having finally broken, tasting the 2020 red wines from barrel the Waterkloof team quickly realised that this would be the first vintage to offer up a Waterkloof red. The result? the vinous apogee, named after the fiercest wind god and face of Waterkloof - BOREAS. The debut 2020 vintage was released to great acclaim, receiving 94/100 from Tim Atkin MW, 94/100 from Platter’s, 94+/100 from Greg Sherwood MW and a coveted WINE OF THE WEEK from JancisRobinson.com. The follow-up vintage is the 2023 and the backbone again remains their elegant Cabernet Franc at 58%, ably supported by 30% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Sauvignon. Hand-picked and hand-sorted with whole bunch (with the exception of Cabernet Sauvignon), wild yeast ferment in old, open-top, French oak foudre. Foot treading and manual punch-downs 27 months in French oak barriques (10% new) & 7000l old French oak foudre No additions other than sulphur 10,100 bottles made Offering great enjoyment in its youth, especially once decanted for a couple of hours, BOREAS has a long future ahead and will develop in complexity over the next 10-15+ years.

2013 Production

A wine is made under the Waterkloof label, only when one of their vineyard blocks on The Schapenberg offers up something extraordinary. They made their first in 2005 – a Sauvignon Blanc. Finally, seventeen years later their best block of Chenin made the grade and so a second was borne from the outstanding white wine vintage of 2021. Since taking over as winemaker in 2013, having previously been assistant since 2009, Nadia Langenegger and her team have really begun to get the best out of Waterkloof’s red grapes. They believe in evolution rather than revolution and a few modifications were implemented, notably, foot-treading to extract the juice and tannin more gently. Hard work indeed, but also quite fun…well at least the first couple each year are. They have 20 wooden fermenters to get through! The changes have really paid off, even throughout the challenging drought vintages of 2017-2019, but even more so with the help of the fantastic red wine vintage of 2020. Testament to this improvement was a first Platter’s 5 Star Award. With the long drought having finally broken, tasting the 2020 red wines from barrel the Waterkloof team quickly realised that this would be the first vintage to offer up a Waterkloof red. The result? the vinous apogee, named after the fiercest wind god and face of Waterkloof - BOREAS. The debut 2020 vintage was released to great acclaim, receiving 94/100 from Tim Atkin MW, 94/100 from Platter’s, 94+/100 from Greg Sherwood MW and a coveted WINE OF THE WEEK from JancisRobinson.com. The follow-up vintage is the 2023 and the backbone again remains their elegant Cabernet Franc at 58%, ably supported by 30% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Sauvignon. Hand-picked and hand-sorted with whole bunch (with the exception of Cabernet Sauvignon), wild yeast ferment in old, open-top, French oak foudre. Foot treading and manual punch-downs 27 months in French oak barriques (10% new) & 7000l old French oak foudre No additions other than sulphur 10,100 bottles made Offering great enjoyment in its youth, especially once decanted for a couple of hours, BOREAS has a long future ahead and will develop in complexity over the next 10-15+ years.

2012 Production

A wine is made under the Waterkloof label, only when one of their vineyard blocks on The Schapenberg offers up something extraordinary. They made their first in 2005 – a Sauvignon Blanc. Finally, seventeen years later their best block of Chenin made the grade and so a second was borne from the outstanding white wine vintage of 2021. Since taking over as winemaker in 2013, having previously been assistant since 2009, Nadia Langenegger and her team have really begun to get the best out of Waterkloof’s red grapes. They believe in evolution rather than revolution and a few modifications were implemented, notably, foot-treading to extract the juice and tannin more gently. Hard work indeed, but also quite fun…well at least the first couple each year are. They have 20 wooden fermenters to get through! The changes have really paid off, even throughout the challenging drought vintages of 2017-2019, but even more so with the help of the fantastic red wine vintage of 2020. Testament to this improvement was a first Platter’s 5 Star Award. With the long drought having finally broken, tasting the 2020 red wines from barrel the Waterkloof team quickly realised that this would be the first vintage to offer up a Waterkloof red. The result? the vinous apogee, named after the fiercest wind god and face of Waterkloof - BOREAS. The debut 2020 vintage was released to great acclaim, receiving 94/100 from Tim Atkin MW, 94/100 from Platter’s, 94+/100 from Greg Sherwood MW and a coveted WINE OF THE WEEK from JancisRobinson.com. The follow-up vintage is the 2023 and the backbone again remains their elegant Cabernet Franc at 58%, ably supported by 30% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Sauvignon. Hand-picked and hand-sorted with whole bunch (with the exception of Cabernet Sauvignon), wild yeast ferment in old, open-top, French oak foudre. Foot treading and manual punch-downs 27 months in French oak barriques (10% new) & 7000l old French oak foudre No additions other than sulphur 10,100 bottles made Offering great enjoyment in its youth, especially once decanted for a couple of hours, BOREAS has a long future ahead and will develop in complexity over the next 10-15+ years.

2011 Production

A wine is made under the Waterkloof label, only when one of their vineyard blocks on The Schapenberg offers up something extraordinary. They made their first in 2005 – a Sauvignon Blanc. Finally, seventeen years later their best block of Chenin made the grade and so a second was borne from the outstanding white wine vintage of 2021. Since taking over as winemaker in 2013, having previously been assistant since 2009, Nadia Langenegger and her team have really begun to get the best out of Waterkloof’s red grapes. They believe in evolution rather than revolution and a few modifications were implemented, notably, foot-treading to extract the juice and tannin more gently. Hard work indeed, but also quite fun…well at least the first couple each year are. They have 20 wooden fermenters to get through! The changes have really paid off, even throughout the challenging drought vintages of 2017-2019, but even more so with the help of the fantastic red wine vintage of 2020. Testament to this improvement was a first Platter’s 5 Star Award. With the long drought having finally broken, tasting the 2020 red wines from barrel the Waterkloof team quickly realised that this would be the first vintage to offer up a Waterkloof red. The result? the vinous apogee, named after the fiercest wind god and face of Waterkloof - BOREAS. The debut 2020 vintage was released to great acclaim, receiving 94/100 from Tim Atkin MW, 94/100 from Platter’s, 94+/100 from Greg Sherwood MW and a coveted WINE OF THE WEEK from JancisRobinson.com. The follow-up vintage is the 2023 and the backbone again remains their elegant Cabernet Franc at 58%, ably supported by 30% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Sauvignon. Hand-picked and hand-sorted with whole bunch (with the exception of Cabernet Sauvignon), wild yeast ferment in old, open-top, French oak foudre. Foot treading and manual punch-downs 27 months in French oak barriques (10% new) & 7000l old French oak foudre No additions other than sulphur 10,100 bottles made Offering great enjoyment in its youth, especially once decanted for a couple of hours, BOREAS has a long future ahead and will develop in complexity over the next 10-15+ years.

2010 Production

A wine is made under the Waterkloof label, only when one of their vineyard blocks on The Schapenberg offers up something extraordinary. They made their first in 2005 – a Sauvignon Blanc. Finally, seventeen years later their best block of Chenin made the grade and so a second was borne from the outstanding white wine vintage of 2021. Since taking over as winemaker in 2013, having previously been assistant since 2009, Nadia Langenegger and her team have really begun to get the best out of Waterkloof’s red grapes. They believe in evolution rather than revolution and a few modifications were implemented, notably, foot-treading to extract the juice and tannin more gently. Hard work indeed, but also quite fun…well at least the first couple each year are. They have 20 wooden fermenters to get through! The changes have really paid off, even throughout the challenging drought vintages of 2017-2019, but even more so with the help of the fantastic red wine vintage of 2020. Testament to this improvement was a first Platter’s 5 Star Award. With the long drought having finally broken, tasting the 2020 red wines from barrel the Waterkloof team quickly realised that this would be the first vintage to offer up a Waterkloof red. The result? the vinous apogee, named after the fiercest wind god and face of Waterkloof - BOREAS. The debut 2020 vintage was released to great acclaim, receiving 94/100 from Tim Atkin MW, 94/100 from Platter’s, 94+/100 from Greg Sherwood MW and a coveted WINE OF THE WEEK from JancisRobinson.com. The follow-up vintage is the 2023 and the backbone again remains their elegant Cabernet Franc at 58%, ably supported by 30% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Sauvignon. Hand-picked and hand-sorted with whole bunch (with the exception of Cabernet Sauvignon), wild yeast ferment in old, open-top, French oak foudre. Foot treading and manual punch-downs 27 months in French oak barriques (10% new) & 7000l old French oak foudre No additions other than sulphur 10,100 bottles made Offering great enjoyment in its youth, especially once decanted for a couple of hours, BOREAS has a long future ahead and will develop in complexity over the next 10-15+ years.