Description
De Kleine Wijn Koop’s Ou Treffer is part of an exciting wave of Cinsaut varietal wines that refuse to be relegated to the realms of “simple poolside quaffer.”
This new breed of deeper, more structured Cinsauts was birthed as a reaction to the oft-simple, sometimes insipid fresh & fruity bottlings that have caused many wine critics to doubt whether Cinsaut will ever be capable of producing genuinely “serious wines”.
Wynand and Anya Grobler – the husband and wife team behind De Klein Wijn Koop (DKWK) – are seeking to break this prejudice, and DKWK is one of a growing number of producers that are convinced that Cinsaut has the potential to play an ambassadorial role for South African in the global wine scene.
Reviews
JancisRobinson.com 17.5
Full bottle 1,347 g. 100% Cinsault from a vineyard planted in 1954. 100% whole-bunch fermented in open-top fermenters, with two punchdowns per day. Only 2,400 bottles produced. This wine gives me a sense of childish delight – it is just so, so good. The kind of wine that makes you want to throw your head back and laugh with the joy of the taste of it, and then just write a tasting note that says, ‘YES!’. That should be the tasting note for this wine: Yes. Yes, it tastes like the ripest of strawberries, on the cusp of being too soft but not just yet. Yes, it tastes like someone cracked fresh black pepper over those strawberries so it has a little zing and bite. Yes, the tannins are like itty-bitty black-silk stockings that don’t know whether they are up or down. Yes, drink it. Yes, you’ll have another glass. Just yes. [Tamlyn Currin, 13/08/2024]
Producer Profile
De Kleine Wijn Koöp (the little wine co-op) started out as just a few good okes making awesome wines with cool labels, calling in winemaker friends to make each very limited-batch cuvée. Now in the talented hands of winemaker Wynand Grobler, the range has gained greater focus and direction without losing any of the original irreverence and adventure. Given Wynand’s experience in the valley, Franschhoek is becoming a bit of a calling card but like in the past the “little co-op” spreads its net far and wide seeking out great grapes across the beautiful and varied terroirs of the Cape winelands.