In February when we were on this year’s wine tour in South Africa, the harvest was in full swing. They were just over halfway through and everyone already agreed that 2025 would be a brilliant vintage. We saw only happy faces.
DP Burger, winemaker at Glenwood in Franschhoek, said that 2025 would probably be the best vintage since 2006, a top year. Wynand Grobler at De Kleine Wijn Koöp in Tulbagh/Swartland talked about perfect pH and balanced acidity. Everything points to it being of very good quality overall.
We tasted both the freshly pressed must and wine that was halfway through fermentation and wine that had just finished fermenting and we can attest to the quality (although it is not entirely easy to taste such new wines…).
Get read to greet the great 2025 vintage from South Africa.
Travel: Come on a wine tour to South Africa with BKWine. 2025 tour soon to be launched.
See: See pictures and videos from South Africa 2025 in the wine tours Facebook group.
