Vineyard Notes: From a single parcel of sustainably farmed 22 years old vines planted in the stony Shale and Schist soils of our farm, Roundstone, on the Kasteelberg. These rocky soils limit vine size and so the clusters and individual grapes in turn remain smaller with a higher skin to juice ratio, offering denser, more brooding tannins. Production Notes: Whole…
2025 marks the 13th release from Savage Wines. A release focussed on the 2024 vintage with one 2023 in the form of Savage Red from a cool classic vintage. We continue to operate from our city home in Salt River developing and farming parcels of vines in various locations around the Western Cape. 2024 was a good Cape vintage, warmer…
2025 marks the 13th release from Savage Wines. A release focussed on the 2024 vintage with one 2023 in the form of Savage Red from a cool classic vintage. We continue to operate from our city home in Salt River developing and farming parcels of vines in various locations around the Western Cape. 2024 was a good Cape vintage, warmer…
Thamnus wines originate in a remote corner of the Overberg, South Africa, where renowned wine regions converge. In close proximity to Walker Bay and overlooking the Hemel-en-Aarde valley, the vineyards benefit from exceptional wine-growing conditions found only here. Our unique terroir also nurtures the rare mountain rose, Orothamnus Zeyheri for which our wines are named. The vineyards traverse North-facing slopes…
Thamnus wines originate in a remote corner of the Overberg, South Africa, where renowned wine regions converge. In close proximity to Walker Bay and overlooking the Hemel-en-Aarde valley, the vineyards benefit from exceptional wine-growing conditions found only here. Our unique terroir also nurtures the rare mountain rose, Orothamnus Zeyheri for which our wines are named. The vineyards traverse North-facing slopes…
