Huilkrans is a single origin Chenin Blanc wine. It has gained a very strong following amongst Chenin lovers and is considered by critics to be approximately equal to Magnetic North in quality. If Magnetic North is the tenor voice of Skurfberg, then Huilkrans must be the deeper baritone. It works on a lower, richer frequency, but still unmistakably from this great appellation.

There is something very special about this place in the mountains – isolation, old vines, low rainfall, deep red sand over red. Huilkrans is made from old dry farmed Chenin parcels planted between 1974 and 1989 on a gentle southern slope at 450 m above sea level. These big bushvines are wide planted (low density vineyards) with yields usuallyin the region of 1.5 ton/Ha.
In 2020 the farm experienced a drought so bad that many of the vines died. There were virtually no grapes. Two seasons of careful pruning and a great winter in 2021 literally this vineyard’s life. In 2022, we had a great yield, over 3 tons per Ha. We’re very happy to be able to bottle Huilkrans again after a two-year hiatus.