Sunset over the Koelenberg vineyard: rows of vines running down a valley between two hills towards the sea.

Wine from the cold mountain

Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from a single ridge in the Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, four and a half kilometres from the Atlantic.

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The collection

Six wines, two grapes

Estate wines drawn from every block on the ridge, and two Single Vineyards bottled only in the years that earn it.

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Low sun breaking through rows of Chardonnay vines heavy with fruit.

A glass of Pinot Noir on an oak barrel in the underground barrel hall, lit by a single beam.

Our story

Koelenberg means cold mountain

Sheep farmers named the ridge for the cold air that drains off it at night, long before the first vines went in. Today eighteen hectares of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grow in twelve blocks between 310 and 390 metres, above a cellar cut into the shale.

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Morning mist lying in the folds of vineyard-covered hills at sunrise.

“The afternoon wind comes straight off the Atlantic. It is why the fruit keeps its acid, and why we pick in the cold of the morning.”

Nadia Theron · Winemaker since 2014

The collection

Taste the ridge

Single Vineyard · Pinot Noir

Die Kloof Pinot Noir

Vintage 2022

One hectare facing south-east into the wind. 1,340 bottles.

Dark cherry and pomegranate over wet slate, then dried rose and a savoury, almost saline edge. The tannins feel like fine gravel. It is closed now and will stay that way into 2027; after that it has a decade in it.

Price: R850
Drink: 2027 – 2037
Alcohol: 13.0%

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Single Vineyard · Chardonnay

Steenrug Chardonnay

Vintage 2023

Lime, flint and white peach, held very tightly.

Steenrug means stone ridge. Lime and flint on the nose, white peach held very tightly underneath. The palate is taut, almost austere, with a long mineral finish that tightens rather than fades. Give it three years, or a decanter.

Price: R620
Drink: 2025 – 2033
Alcohol: 13.0%

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Estate · Pinot Noir

Estate Pinot Noir

Vintage 2023

Sour cherry, forest floor after rain and a line of iodine.

Translucent ruby. Sour cherry and forest floor after rain, with a line of iodine that comes straight from the sea air. Fine-grained tannin, cool and long. This is the ridge in its most open form, for drinking while Die Kloof sleeps.

Price: R395
Drink: 2025 – 2032
Alcohol: 13.0%

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Estate · Chardonnay

Estate Chardonnay

Vintage 2025

Lemon pith, oyster shell and a thread of struck match.

Pale straw. Lemon pith and crushed oyster shell first, then a thread of struck match from the older barrels. The palate is tight and saline; it opens over an hour in the glass and gains a little white peach. Built to run five years without effort.

Price: R285
Drink: 2026 – 2031
Alcohol: 13.0%

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Estate · Méthode Cap Classique

Blanc de Blancs MCC

Vintage 2020

Brioche, green apple and chalk after forty-two months on the lees.

Pale gold with a fine, persistent bead. Brioche and green apple first, then chalk and a faint salinity. Extra brut at 3 g/l, so the fruit carries the wine rather than sugar. Disgorged March 2025.

Price: R420
Drink: 2025 – 2030
Alcohol: 12.0%

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Estate · Pinot Noir

Rosé of Pinot Noir

Vintage 2025

Wild strawberry, white pepper and a dry, saline finish.

Onion-skin pale. Wild strawberry and white pepper, then a dry, saline finish that asks for food. It is made to be drunk the summer it is released, and it should be.

Price: R195
Drink: 2025 – 2026
Alcohol: 12.5%

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The site

Eighteen hectares on a cold ridge

Above sea level: 310–390m
From Walker Bay: 4.5km
Under vine: 18ha
Blocks, two grapes: 12

Sunbeams breaking through storm clouds over rows of vines on the estate.

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Taste on the ridge

The tasting room sits inside the cellar, cut into the hillside at 340 metres, with the barrel hall behind it and the vines above. Walk-ins are welcome for the Classic tasting; everything seated is by booking.

Tuesday – Sunday, 10:00 – 17:00 · Closed Mondays

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A violet dusk sky over long rows of vines stretching to the horizon.

Find us

Fourteen minutes from Hermanus

Up the Hemel-en-Aarde Road (R320) into the upper valley. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 17:00.

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