So what do South African old-vine wines taste like?

Wednesday 16 August 2023
Old Vine Pruning Course

Inspired by WWC21 winner Chris Howard’s eloquent description of South Africa’s Old Vine Project yesterday, Jancis shares her notes from a special tasting. See this guide to our extensive coverage of old vines.

I offer my notes from a tasting of 13 wines from Old Vine Project Certified Heritage Vineyards that I was treated to at the end of my first day judging the Trophy Wine Show last May. With me in a private room at Ken Forrester’s 96 Winery Road restaurant were OVP instigator Rosa Kruger and administrator André Morgenthal, who could give me the background to the...