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Originating from Rawsonville, Lukas first job was at Rijk’s in Tulbagh, after he graduated from Elsenburg college. Then, after spending two seasons on the Finger Lakes on the eastern side of the USA, he returned home to work at the relatively obscure Druk My Niet wine estate in Paarl. It was in late 2015 during a visit to France, that he made the decision to switch from being a salary-earner and into the terrifying if inevitable world of making his own wine. So, in this large and remote shed, he produces his own wines in exchange for making a bit of (very good) Swartland Chenin for his landlord. Lukas owns no vines, but his likable disposition has enabled him to tap into some great fruit sources, some of which are shared by the great and the good of the SA wine industry. As a result, the relatively difficult first vintage seems to have been successful for Lukas, partly due to the involvement he has within the vineyards he makes his wines from. It helps illustrate how he likes to think of himself as “a farmer rather than a winemaker”. All the wines are made without the aid of any additives. Like the Alheits, Lukas is devoted to expressing particular patches of earth, but he similarly reminds one that terroir is not everything when it comes to making wine, and that some winemakers just have a touch and an instinct that is magical.
An expressive bouquet displaying cherries, plums, herbs and spice plus a little earthiness. Bold in body with lovely fruit expression, fresh acidity and fine tannins, the finish long and dry. A fascinating wine – takes you all over the place from Burgundy to the Rhône and back to Stellenbosch. A southern-Rhônish blend including Syrah. There’s less of the tarty tutti-red-frutti perfume, more depth on the finish.
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