Klein Amoskuil, tucked away in the rugged Swartland, is a farm with stories to tell. Once a tobacco farm, now home to natural qvevri wines and certified organic vineyards, it’s all about winemaking with minimal intervention. No irrigation, just dryland, organic farming in the harshest conditions. 

Each year, we pick the fruit at low sugar between 18,5 to 20 degree balling. The juice is allowed to ferment naturally in very old French barrels. Once fermentation is completed, we fortify the wine to 15% alcohol and add the flor yeast culture. The bottling is a solera (small amounts of younger wines are stored in an upper tier of comprising of barrels) of multiple vintages.

This sherry-style wine is made from exceptionally unique Sauvignon Blanc bush vines planted in 1965, making the vineyard the oldest Sauvignon Blanc block in South Africa. The historic vineyard is dryland, and farmed without irrigation.

Tasting Notes: A pale and dry sherry-style fortified wine, with hints of apples, almonds, and walnuts on the nose. The palate is very fresh and round with a lingering finish.