Tasting Notes
The Wanderlust project allows Craig Wessels to flex his creative muscles – the wine changes every year. The release from vintage 2019 is highly expressive. It began as an exploration of cool climate texture, via a 50/50 blend of Pinot Noir and Pinotage, and has resulted in not only a unique and thought provoking wine, but also a serious and delicious wine that reminds one that undiscovered potential in terroir and cultivar still exists in South Africa.
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Restless River is a rising star which has quietly achieved cult-status for its brilliant, Burgundian-style Chardonnay and ultra-elegant Cabernet Sauvignon. Launched in 2012 by Craig Wessels, who, alongside his successful career in digital production, also raced motorbikes and flew helicopters around the Cape, along with his ex-model wife Anne, their farm is located in the beautiful Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. It's home to some of the oldest Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay vines in the region (planted in 1998). At Restless River, things are done in an unhurried way, with great dedication and attention to detail. Almost all their production is done by hand, resulting in limited quantities of each wine, and demand far exceeding supply. The Wanderlust project allows Craig Wessels to flex his creative muscles – the wine changes every year, inspired by the lesser-known, the unconventional and the long-forgotten. The wines are distinctive, one off, and never repeated.