Production

A wine is made under the Waterkloof label, only when one of our vineyard blocks on The Schapenberg offers up something extraordinary. We made our first in 2005 – a Sauvignon Blanc. Finally, seventeen years later our best block of Chenin made the grade and so a second was borne from the outstanding white wine vintage of 2021. We wait all that time for Waterkloof wine number two and now, hot on its heels comes number three. The first red wine under the Waterkloof label from the beautiful red wine vintage of 2020. 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 our red grapes. We 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. We have 20 wooden fermenters to get through! Hand-picked and hand-sorted. Whole bunch, wild yeast ferment in old, open-top, French oak foudres. Foot-treading and manual punch-downs followed by 24 months ageing in old 600l French oak barrels. No additions other than sulphur. 2784 bottles of 2020 produced.

2014 Production

A wine is made under the Waterkloof label, only when one of our vineyard blocks on The Schapenberg offers up something extraordinary. We made our first in 2005 – a Sauvignon Blanc. Finally, seventeen years later our best block of Chenin made the grade and so a second was borne from the outstanding white wine vintage of 2021. We wait all that time for Waterkloof wine number two and now, hot on its heels comes number three. The first red wine under the Waterkloof label from the beautiful red wine vintage of 2020. 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 our red grapes. We 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. We have 20 wooden fermenters to get through! Hand-picked and hand-sorted. Whole bunch, wild yeast ferment in old, open-top, French oak foudres. Foot-treading and manual punch-downs followed by 24 months ageing in old 600l French oak barrels. No additions other than sulphur. 2784 bottles of 2020 produced.

2013 Production

A wine is made under the Waterkloof label, only when one of our vineyard blocks on The Schapenberg offers up something extraordinary. We made our first in 2005 – a Sauvignon Blanc. Finally, seventeen years later our best block of Chenin made the grade and so a second was borne from the outstanding white wine vintage of 2021. We wait all that time for Waterkloof wine number two and now, hot on its heels comes number three. The first red wine under the Waterkloof label from the beautiful red wine vintage of 2020. 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 our red grapes. We 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. We have 20 wooden fermenters to get through! Hand-picked and hand-sorted. Whole bunch, wild yeast ferment in old, open-top, French oak foudres. Foot-treading and manual punch-downs followed by 24 months ageing in old 600l French oak barrels. No additions other than sulphur. 2784 bottles of 2020 produced.

2012 Production

A wine is made under the Waterkloof label, only when one of our vineyard blocks on The Schapenberg offers up something extraordinary. We made our first in 2005 – a Sauvignon Blanc. Finally, seventeen years later our best block of Chenin made the grade and so a second was borne from the outstanding white wine vintage of 2021. We wait all that time for Waterkloof wine number two and now, hot on its heels comes number three. The first red wine under the Waterkloof label from the beautiful red wine vintage of 2020. 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 our red grapes. We 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. We have 20 wooden fermenters to get through! Hand-picked and hand-sorted. Whole bunch, wild yeast ferment in old, open-top, French oak foudres. Foot-treading and manual punch-downs followed by 24 months ageing in old 600l French oak barrels. No additions other than sulphur. 2784 bottles of 2020 produced.

2011 Production

A wine is made under the Waterkloof label, only when one of our vineyard blocks on The Schapenberg offers up something extraordinary. We made our first in 2005 – a Sauvignon Blanc. Finally, seventeen years later our best block of Chenin made the grade and so a second was borne from the outstanding white wine vintage of 2021. We wait all that time for Waterkloof wine number two and now, hot on its heels comes number three. The first red wine under the Waterkloof label from the beautiful red wine vintage of 2020. 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 our red grapes. We 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. We have 20 wooden fermenters to get through! Hand-picked and hand-sorted. Whole bunch, wild yeast ferment in old, open-top, French oak foudres. Foot-treading and manual punch-downs followed by 24 months ageing in old 600l French oak barrels. No additions other than sulphur. 2784 bottles of 2020 produced.

2010 Production

A wine is made under the Waterkloof label, only when one of our vineyard blocks on The Schapenberg offers up something extraordinary. We made our first in 2005 – a Sauvignon Blanc. Finally, seventeen years later our best block of Chenin made the grade and so a second was borne from the outstanding white wine vintage of 2021. We wait all that time for Waterkloof wine number two and now, hot on its heels comes number three. The first red wine under the Waterkloof label from the beautiful red wine vintage of 2020. 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 our red grapes. We 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. We have 20 wooden fermenters to get through! Hand-picked and hand-sorted. Whole bunch, wild yeast ferment in old, open-top, French oak foudres. Foot-treading and manual punch-downs followed by 24 months ageing in old 600l French oak barrels. No additions other than sulphur. 2784 bottles of 2020 produced.