Shop – The Ahrens Family Wines

stellenbosch

ukuyilaweb — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 09:34:10 +0000

Label art – We decided to change our labels for the 2022 vintage and foreseeable future. We started our winery in 2008 with “blank” labels signifying a clean page of new beginnings to communicate address as the identity of a wine rather than a grape varietal. In 2016 we moved to using art pieces on our labels done by well-known artists of South Africa. Each artwork represented a unique expression of each wine. We did that from 2016 to 2021 an accumulated many amazing art pieces during that time.

Our new look communicates our “clean” and minimalistic approach to how we make our wines. The small intrinsic details in our designs symbolize our attention to small, yet very impotent details in our minimal intervention winemaking style.

soutsteen

ukuyilaweb — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 15:12:50 +0000

All our wines are address specific, from a unique Terrior or Appellation as the French call it. This is our first duel region wine. The first vintage, 2022, is Palomino from Piekenierskloof and Chenin Blanc is from Paarl. Palomino grows well in extreme climates, usually hot and dry. Piekenierskloof is perfect for Palomino as it is both hot and dry yet with cool nights as it is situated on a plateau at around 700m altitude. It is the grape mostly used in Jerez(Spain) for the production of Sherry. It’s a “bland” & neutral varietal, yet it’s known for its distinctive salty taste which pairs exceptionally well with food. The Chenin component is selected annually from one of the existing Chenin’s we produce, to bring some balance and beauty to complement the saltiness of the Palomino. The name Soutsteen translates to “Salt-Rock” . The “Sout”(Salt) part refers to the Palomino and “Steen” is a synonym for Chenin Blanc in South Africa.

granite-roots

ukuyilaweb — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 15:01:44 +0000

soils of paarl

ukuyilaweb — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 12:48:27 +0000

Northern Paarl lighter style Red. All my wines are address specific, from a unique terroir or Appellation as the French call it. This wine is made from several vineyards from the northern valley of Paarl. The idea was to create a lighter style red. Grenache and Cinsault are both lighter style red varietals, well suited to the warmer climate of the northern Paarl Valley. Carignan & Syrah bring structure and texture respectively to this blend. This valley has the benefit of a cooling breeze during the hot summer months due to its proximity to the cold Atlantic ocean. This enhances the perfumy elegance of the wine.

koffieklip ovc

ukuyilaweb — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 12:48:05 +0000

Single Vineyard Old Bush-vine Chenin Blanc. All my wines are address specific, from a unique terroir or Appellation as the French call it. KOFFIEKLIP OVC is an Old Vine Chenin Blanc(OVC) from a 1984 Swartland bush-vine vineyard. The dry arid climate of the Swartland produces our warmest and richest OVC showcasing ripe balanced fruit with intense colour. Three components are usually harvested at different ripeness levels in order to create a harmonious balance between rich & ripe Chenin flavours and freshness & acidity of the earlier picking.

hometown ovc

ukuyilaweb — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 12:47:41 +0000

Single Vineyard Old Bush-vine Chenin Blanc. All my wines are address specific, from a unique terroir or Appellation as the French call it. Wellington is one of the historic wine producing regions in the Western Cape. The climate is warm with moderate rainfall. In terms of white wines the region is certainly best suited for Chenin Blanc and perhaps even Grenache Blanc and a few other warmer climate varietals. In 2015, Wellington became our hometown. And after searching for the right vineyard we finally found a 1979 Old Bush-vine Chenin in 2018. 2019 Marked the first vintage of our W.O. Wellington Old Vine Chenin. We have had issues with other W.O.’s in the past in terms of trade names etc. and hence decided to re-name the wine to HOMETOWN OVC. HOMETOWN OVC is the midway of three of our OVC’s in terms of fresh minerality and power. The soil is a duplex soil and has both quartz and “Koffieklip” (Ferricrete) rocks and pebbles throughout the top soil horizon. Koffieklip” which translates to “Coffee-stone” as the small dark-red pebbles almost look like coffee beans. Quartz brings the freshness & minerality and the iron rich “Koffiekilp” brings the power balance to the wine. Components are harvested at different ripeness levels in order to create a harmonious balance between rich & ripe Chenin flavours and freshness & acidity of the earlier picking.

kwarts van die paarl

ukuyilaweb — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 12:47:05 +0000

Single Vineyard Old Bush-vine Chenin Blanc. All my wines are address specific, from a unique terroir or Appellation as the French call it. Chenin Blanc is South Africa’s most important white grape and is versatile & well adapted to our warm as well as cooler climates. We are currently producing three Old Vine Chenin’s (OVC). This is our OVC from the northern Paarl wine region and the lightest of our three OVC’s. Components are harvested at different ripeness levels in order to create a harmonious balance between rich & ripe Chenin flavours and freshness & acidity of the earlier picking. The aim of this wine is to produce a white wine that defines the northern Paarl ward, and hopefully, in time, becomes the identity style of the northern Paarl region.

kasteel-neef

ukuyilaweb — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 09:39:54 +0000

stellenbosch

ukuyilaweb — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 09:39:15 +0000

whiteblack

ukuyilaweb — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 09:35:09 +0000

All my wines are address specific, from a unique terroir or Appellation as the French call it. WhiteBlack was my first white wine, the first vintage was 2009. Over the last +/- 20 years, pioneering young winemakers, have been making wines with a common style and identity in the greater Swartland region. Over the years, two styles of white emerged, 1. Chenin or Chenin based blends and 2. Non-Chenin based blends containing Mediterranean varietals such as Roussanne, Marsanne, Grenache Blanc, Viognier, Clarette Blanche and so on… WhiteBlack is the latter, usually a blend of Roussanne, Marsanne and Grenache Blanc. Although WhiteBlack is technically from the Voor-Paardeberg region it is in fact a Swartland style white… and traditionally Voor-Paardeberg was a sub-region of the Swartland but for bizarre reasons is now a part of Paarl… The name, White”Black” however refers to a white wine from the Swartland, as Swart translated is Black.