About Hartenberg Shiraz

As luck would have it, Shiraz grapes love poor,  gravelly soil – just the kind of soil we have in abundance on parts of our farm. The kind you need to produce world renowned Shiraz. This was another excellent vintage for the growing of red wines in Stellenbosch, with hot, dry weather resulting in small and concentrated berries. Grapes were hand-picked and, after crushing, only 20% of the juice was drawn off for use in this wine. This juice was cold soaked overnight, then two Rhône-sourced yeasts were inoculated. The oak component was made up of 100% French.

Once again, nature has smiled upon us because the very same vineyards on Hartenberg with the perfect soils for Shiraz, also have the perfect weather for it.

All we have to do to make our award-winning Shiraz is harness what we already have, and stick it in a bottle. To be absolutely honest, it would be more difficult for us to produce a poor Shiraz on Hartenberg than a good one.

Hartenberg is the second oldest and are of the foremost producers of Shiraz in South Africa spanning some 40+ years.