David & Nadia is a first generation family owned Swartland project and we are members of the Swartland Independent Producers. With family roots in the Swartland dating back to 1757, we focus on dry land farmed bush vines, soil diversity, climate and people of one region only.

In the vineyard we aim for biological farming whilst more vineyards are being farmed more organically year on year and in the cellar we work as natural as possible. It is all about the soil and vineyards after all. We believe in a pure, fresh and natural approach as style where site and soil are at work with minimal influence from a winemaking point of view.

Another one of our officially Certified Heritage Vineyards, this Chenin blanc vineyard was planted in 1984 (the same year that both of us were born). The vineyard is planted on an arid plain in the Swartland to the west of Malmesbury in ferrous deep sand soils and a bit closer to the ocean than our other vineyards. It is the only double row vineyard that we work with. We harvested the fruit on three picking dates from the end of January to the second week of February, and all lots were kept separate. A portion of the wine (20%) was fermented and aged in concrete, while the rest of the wine was fermented and matured in barrel before blending at the end of the year. The wine also qualifies for the Certified Heritage Vineyards (CHV) seal and forms part of the Old Vine Project (OVP).

The Swartland is known for extremely warm summers with a low average winter rainfall. On the west, the Swartland borders on the Atlantic ocean and on the east inland by mountain ranges. Due to this location, a large diurnal shift is observed where the average daytime temperatures are much higher than the average night time temperatures. All of our vineyards are however inland and our climate is considered to be mediterranean.

Total Production:
999 x 75cL bottles
pH: 3.38
RS: 1.9 g/L
Alcohol: 13.0%
TA: 5.6 g/L
TSO2: 109 mg/L