Weathered Hands Pinotage

Dewaldt Heyns Family Wines emerged from Dewaldt’s lifelong desire to make wines that reflect the region he has known his whole life – the Swartland. In another way, however, the story of these wines begins when Dewaldt’s grandfather, Jan Heyns, bought a small little farm in the Paardeberg, Swartland. The Dewaldt Heyns label started in 2006 when Dewaldt made the first Shiraz under his own name, sourced from grapes his father planted. It has been Dewaldt’s lifelong dream to make wine from the same grapes among which he played as a barefoot child.

This bush vine Pinotage grafted in 1973 produces a wine of unsurpassed elegance and complexity. Aged in barrel for 20 months, its deep, dark purple color, prominent dark fruit, red berry and ripe cherry flavours are followed by seductive spice and violet nuances. The pallet is textured and full-bodied with plush fruit and wild scrub notes, encapsulated in silky tannins ending in a long finish.