The last grapes for Creation’s bubbly and still wines were picked on Thursday 23 March. All that remains to be harvested are approximately three tons of grapes for our Cape Vintage and this will be done in a week’s time. In the meantime we’ve asked members of the hardworking Creation team to comment on the 2017 harvest.

Cellarmaster JC Martin: “Due to a well thought-through pruning schedule and optimum weather conditions during the 2017 harvest, our vineyards could be picked block by block with the grapes showing optimum concentration, high natural acidity and perfect phenolic ripeness. The crop size was perfect thanks to meticulous vineyard practices and management during the growth period as well as ideal weather conditions such as wind factors during the flowering season. The Sauvignon Blanc came in at 7 to 8 tons per hectare, the Chardonnay at 6 tons and the red grapes at around 4,5 tons per hectare.”

An enthusiastic Bobby Wallace (our South African intern) remarked: “During the middle of harvest I was learning to multitask with white and red grapes coming into the cellar for about a week; then it became more relaxed as the reds came in systematically. This was a huge learning opportunity and I found it particularly exciting and stimulating to work with the wide range of cultivars, given the great weather window of opportunity in the Hemel-en-Aarde.”

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