in the vineyard : Climate: Mediterranean - warm dry summers with cold wet winters. ± 600 mm of rain annually.
Soil: Table Mountain Sandstone, Granite and Malmesbury Shale - sandy topsoil with a clay subsoil.
in the cellar : Chenin Blanc grape variety. The wine is fermented in the traditional "Solera System" with selected "flor" yeast. Matured for 2 years in a criadera maturation system where the flor yeast is allowed to grow as a thin layer on the wine. After two years in the cridera and approximately 5 years in the solera system, the wine has a strong flor character and is blended with sweet sherry and fortified to 17,5% vol.