Capensis
Capensis wines are released once a year, with a limited quantity.
Capensis comes from the Latin word meaning “from the cape.” Produced from some of the highest-elevation vineyards in the Cape Town region, winemaker Graham Weerts creates an expressive Chardonnay that honors the ancestral greatness of South Africa and highlights it as a world-class producer of Chardonnay.
It’s a 400-year story of grape cultivation leading to a contemporary renaissance of terroir-driven wines.
Wine production in the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, dates back to 1600 when vineyards supplied wine to ships of the Dutch East India Company en route to India. In the 1700s and early 1800s, South Africa was known for its dessert wines based on Muscat of Constantia, coveted throughout Europe.
With the end of apartheid in 1994, South Africa’s remarkable wine production potential became known outside the country, and viticulturists began researching and selecting the best grape varieties. The commitment to Chardonnay comes from the belief that true great terroirs around the world are revealed by only a few noble grape varieties.
South Africa’s Western Cape region can be considered both the oldest wine region of the New World and the newest of the Old World. Capensis skillfully combines these two aspects – the oldest and the newest – incorporating the incomparable quality that comes from old, gnarled vines planted in some of the oldest soils in the world and representing the energy of a new generation of winemakers determined to make world-class wines with state-of-the-art techniques.
Region: Stellenbosch, Western Cape
Vineyards:
50% Nooitgedacht Vineyard
18% Zeter Vineyard
17% Fijnbosch Estate Vineyard
15% Sonop Vineyard
Awards
96/ 100 Decanter World Wine Awards, June 2023
94/ 100 Jaime Goode, WineAnorak.com, June 2023
Allergens information
Contains sulphites.
SKU: 110248
