South Africa

The Reyneke label was created in 1998 when Johan Reyneke Jr. took over the farming activities from his mother and produced the first wines on the family farm Uitzicht. The 20ha farm faces the historic town of Stellenbosch and overlooks the surrounding mountain ranges and the beautiful False Bay. Since inception Johan has moved from farming conventionally to farming organically and finally to farming and producing his wines in accordance with biodynamic principles. He is currently one of only a few winemakers in South Africa who produce biodynamic wines and is considered somewhat of a ground-breaker in this regard. The aim for Reyneke has always been to express the uniqueness of the farm’s situation into the bottle – the deep soil dotted with early stone-age hand axes the vines – some 40 years old and the crisp upland air. Reyneke believes that it is impossible to sense terroir if you are constantly changing it with chemicals. The intention here is to interfere as little as possible to allow nature to be the real maker of the wine and to truly produce terroir-specific wines of the highest quality.