The estate installed a spectacular cellar, one of the most advanced in the southern hemisphere with every possible aid and resource that a wine maker could possibly need for extracting the ultimate potential from every vintage, and ensuring consistent world-class standards.

But clearly the road to vinous perfection has to start with the optimal fruit. And to this end, the estate’s vineyards have undergone an extensive replanting programme over the years.

As Morne Vrey, Delaire Graff Estate’s wine maker explains, “Capital investment alone cannot guarantee superlative wines. But when you start off with the finest clones of the most suitable cultivars, plant them on the optimum soils and slopes, and manage your vineyards vigilantly... then, you’ve created the best possible platform for the art and science of winemaking to co-join in a display of celestial magic.”