Head to the mountains above Clanwilliam to a rugged expanse, where the winding Pakhuis Pass leads from the bustle of life to bright stars, clean air, wine, olives, fynbos balms, Bushman paintings and rustic earthy delights.
It was late afternoon when I first drove up into the mountains above the small Western Cape town and the sun lit up the mountains in fiery gold. Surrounded by dramatic rock formations, I had the strange impression that I had passed through an invisible barrier and entered a realm where the gigantic boulders were alive and had gathered in small groups to catch up with friends, hear the latest news and keep an eye on their mountain kingdom.
In autumn, the olive trees are laden with fruit and the vines ablaze with flamboyant colours. James Cooper relates the story of the farm and how he and his wife Becky left the bright lights of Cape Town in 2013, following in the footsteps of Becky’s parents, Lizzy and Connie du Toit, who bought the farm in 2003.
Cooper followed the wine-making formula until 2019, when a poor harvest after the drought gave him the opportunity to experiment with natural fermentation, bringing out a whole new style of wine. He explains how this is more in keeping with the traditional way wine has been made for millennia. “In this way, we produce wines that taste like nowhere else on Earth because the yeast and bacteria cultures are different to other areas. These give the flavours and profile of the wine.
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