When the temperature drops slow-cooked meals and a good bottle of red wine is a fine way to spend chilly evening’s in-door. And the 2014 Durbanville Hills Shiraz will certainly not disappoint with its luscious black cherries laced with hints of mulberry, pepper, prunes and smooth vanilla.

The wine is delicious when served with beef stew, Moroccan lamb, barbequed tuna steaks or kudu fillet and chili con carne. And the food friendly elegance of this wine is a direct result of where the grapes are harvested from.

The Durbanville area gives rise to fertile soils, hills and valleys of varying altitudes and slopes, and a unique topography that opens up to Table Mountain and Table Bay. The close proximate to the ocean creates a cool climate area that contributes to the layered complexity and balance in the wine. Our winemakers together with member farmers select the most suited locations for the production of exceptional Shiraz grapes and chose low yield vineyards situated about 250m above sea-level, planted in deep, dark red soils.

The grapes were hand-harvested and to soften the texture and maximise colour extraction the wine was left on the skins for one week after fermentation. The wine was matured for 12 months in French oak.

The 2014 Durbanville Hills Shiraz is available nationwide for about R65.