“WITH OUR EYES AND HEARTS ON ONE GOAL, TO GROW THE VARIETIES WE LOVE FROM THE COOLER PARTS OF SOUTH AFRICA IN OUR HOME REGION OF THE SWARTLAND”
-JH Meyer
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CHENIN BLANC
A 100% CHENIN BLANC MADE FROM A BLEND OF ORGANICALLY FARMED VINEYARDS OF DIFFERENT AGES AND SOIL TYPES ACROSS THE WESTERN CAPE
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CINSAULT
A 100% CINSAULT WINE MADE FROM 26-YEAR-OLD BUSH VINES GROWN ON WEATHERED GRANITE AND CLAY AT 280M ALTITUDE
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SEMILLON
A 100% SEMILLON MADE FROM ORGANICALLY FARMED 12-YEAR-OLD VINES GROWN ON MALMESBURY SHALE AT LOW ALTITUDE
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CUVEE PN PETNAT
A BLEND OF 95% CHENIN BLANC AND 5% CINSAULT MADE FROM ORGANICALLY FARMED VINEYARDS OF DIFFERENT AGES, SOILS
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CINSAULT ROSE
A 100% CINSAULT MADE FROM ORGANICALLY FARMED 26-YEAR-OLD BUSH VINES GROWN ON WEATHERED GRANITE AND CLAY AT 280M ALTITUDE
MOTHER ROCK
PAYING THE SCHOOL FEES
A COMPLEX WHITE BLEND OF SIX GRAPE VARIETIES FROM HIGH-ALTITUDE, ORGANICALLY CERTIFIED VINEYARDS, AGED IN A MIX OF NEW AND NEUTRAL FRENCH OAK
MOTHER ROCK
THE BUILDING BLOCKS
A CAREFULLY CRAFTED RED BLEND OF GRENACHE NOIR, PINOT NOIR, AND MOURVÈDRE FROM ORGANICALLY CERTIFIED HIGH-ALTITUDE VINEYARDS
MOTHER ROCK
BRUTAL RED
A 100% GRENACHE NOIR MADE FROM ORGANICALLY CERTIFIED BUSH VINES GROWN ON SANDSTONE SOILS AT HIGH ALTITUDE, GENTLY AGED FOR 11 MONTHS
MOTHER ROCK
BRUTAL WHITE
A 100% CHENIN BLANC MADE FROM ORGANICALLY FARMED OLD BUSH VINES GROWN ON WEATHERED GRANITE AND KOFFIEKLIP SOILS AT LOW ALTITUDE
MOTHER ROCK
LIQUID SKIN
A 100% CHENIN BLANC MADE FROM ORGANICALLY FARMED 41-YEAR-OLD BUSH VINES ON WEATHERED GRANITE, AGED ON SKINS IN CONCRETE BEFORE BEING MOVED TO OLD FRENCH OAK FOUDRE
MOTHER ROCK
CUVEE CARBONIC
A 100% PINOT NOIR MADE FROM ORGANICALLY CERTIFIED YOUNG VINES GROWN ON SANDSTONE SOILS AT HIGH ALTITUDE, GENTLY AGED IN CONCRETE FOR 11 MONTHS
IN 2017 JOHAN AND HIS WIFE ANRI WAS ON THE SEARCH FOR COOLER CLIMATES WITHIN THE SWARTLAND REGION.
WITH LOTS OF RESEARCH, CLIMATE STUDIES, SOLAR ANALYSTS AND PLANE “ BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS,” THEY FOUNDED AND ESTABLISHED THE NEW WARD OF THE SWARTLAND CALLED WINE OF ORIGIN “PIKET-BO-BERG” NOW HOME TO 1O HECTARES OF “COOL CLIMATE” GRAPES……
The Story of Mother Rock.
MOTHER ROCK WINES WAS ESTABLISHED BY JOHAN AND BUSINESS PARTNER BEN HENSHAW IN 2012. WITH THE GOAL TO MAKE HONEST, AFFORDABLE WINES FROM THE SWARTLAND REGION AND WITH THE DEMAND FOR MORE SWARTLAND WINE THEY SHAW AN OPPORTUNITY ON HAND AND FROM THAT MOTHER ROCK WINES WAS BORN.
IN 2022 BEN SOLD HIS SHARES OF THE COMPANY TO JOHAN WHOM IS NOW THE SOLE OWNER OF MOTHER ROCK WINES.
The Next Chapter of a Wine Making Adventure
NOW FULLY BASED ON PLATTEKLIP FARM,MOTHER ROCK WINES ARE SLOWLY MOVING TOWARDS BECOMING 100% ESTABLISHED AS “ESTATE” WINE, MEANING THAT WINES WILL BE GROWN AND PRODUCED ON THE PROPERTY.
BY FOLLOWING ORGANIC AND BIO DYNAMIC METHODS, THEY WILL GROW THERE OWN FRUIT AND FROM THAT PRODUCE MOTHER ROCK WINES ALL UNDER ONE ROOF.
Platteklip Vineyards
PLATTEKLIP VINEYARDS, NAMED AFTER THE BIG FLAT ROCK OR “PLAT KLIP” ON THE FARM , WAS PLANTED WITH 7 HECTARES OF GRAPES IN 2019 AND ANOTHER 3 HECTARES BY END OF 2022.
SINCE THEN WE HAVE PLANTED 18 DIFFERENT VARIETIES OVER 9 DIFFERENT SOIL PROFILES, WITH THE GOAL TO PRODUCE 9 “CUVEES” THAT BEST REPRESENT MOTHER ROCK AND THE TERROIR OF THE “PIKET-BO-BERG”
Mother Rock Wines
MOTHER ROCK WINES IS THE BRAND THAT REPRESENT OUR LIVES HERE ON PLATTEKLIP FARM, WHERE WE FOCUS ON GROWING THE BEST QUALITY FRUIT THAT THE LAND GIVES US AND GUIDING THAT FRUIT TO THE BEST REPRESENTATION OF THE TERROIR IT GROWS ON. WE MAKE OUR WINES WITH MINMAL INTERFERENCE AND MAXIMUM ENERGY!