Keermont Vineyards
£40.00
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(75cl)
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2017 Keermont, Pondokrug, Cabernet Franc, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Red
2017
Ready - youthful
Medium Bodied
Dry
15.0% Alcohol
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2015 Keermont, Amphitheatre, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Red
2015
Ready - at best
Medium Bodied
Dry
14.5% Alcohol
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2019 Keermont, Terrasse, Stellenbosch, South Africa
White
2019
Ready - at best
Medium Bodied
Dry
13.5% Alcohol
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Keermont intends to create wines that reflect the beautiful place from which they come and the particular year’s vintage conditions. The wines are made as naturally as possible with very little vineyard irrigation and minimal intervention in the winery.
The estate has been owned by the Wraith family since 2003. Two thousand and five saw the start of a significant vineyard-planting programme on lands that had been fallow for several years. Seventeen hectares were planted over four years to add to an existing eight hectares of older vineyards. Keermont’s official maiden vintage came in 2007.
The farm is high up in the picturesque Blaauwklippen Valley, or Paradyskloof (Paradise Valley) in South Africa. Due to the steepness of the terrain, the altitude climbs 200m within the 1.7km length of the farm, and the vineyards are planted between 250m and 400m above sea level. Thus, the vines planted over these different terrains produce wines with good complexity and various flavors. In addition, the proximity to False Bay and the Indian Ocean also moderates the climate in the vineyard.
Winemaker Alex Starey oversees the vineyards and makes the estate’s wines. Employed at the start of the redevelopment of the farm in 2005, he has traveled and worked in wine regions, including Maipo Valley in Chile, Penedès and Priorat in Spain, and St-Emilion and Côte-Rôtie in France.