Lanzerac Wines

Winemaker’s Update on Harvest 2015

Could 2015 be the best vintage of the past decade? Winemakers are notorious for playing their cards close to the chest when it comes to making predictions about the latest harvest.

In my time at Lanzerac the wine years that went on to justified the initial feeling of greatness was 2007 and particular 2009 – a vintage that is widely acknowledge as the best the Cape has produced in the new millennium...

In 1959, SFW launched the Lanzerac Rosé, the longest-standing wine in the range. Two years later, the company also launched the world’s first commercially bottled Pinotage (the indigenous varietal developed in 1925 by crossing Pinot Noir with Cinsaut/Hermitage) with a 1959 vintage. The range grew over the years but with the introduction of the Taskelder brand it was virtually culled in 1973, with only the Lanzerac Rosé remaining.Despite the br...

The town has a rich history dating back to 1679 when it was founded by the Governor of the Cape Colony, Simon van der Stel. The town grew so quickly that it became an independent local authority in 1682. Today, Stellenbosch is home to a leading university and is one of the larger wine growing regions in South Africa that attracts wine connoisseurs from all over the world with its numerous vineyard sights and activities. Stellenbosch has the ol...

Wynand Lategan, Winemaker

Born and bred in Stellenbosch, life presented Wynand Lategan with a few twists and turns before he discovered what should have been a logical and natural life choice for anyone native to this area.Having completed his matric, Wynand set about completing what was then compulsory two year military service before enrolling for a B.Comm degree at the University of Stellenbosch. Spurred on by his dream of becoming ...