‘Porseleinberg will outlast us all,’ said the estate’s proprietor Marc Kent, comparing the inevitable transience of the human experience to the timelessness of the site. He shared this while relaying the news of Callie Louw’s upcoming departure from the Swartland concern this August.
Kent acquired the small, schistous Porseleinberg in 2009, looking for a site to grow quality Syrah grapes to use in Boekenhoutskloof’s successful Chocolate Block red blend.
Since then Louw has guided every single one of the site’s 15 vintages to bottle, producing a single-vineyard Syrah that has now achieved cult status.
Happiest in the vineyards (his obsession with agricultural machinery producer John Deere is well documented), Louw made the decision to leave Boekenhoutskloof in order to pursue his dream of acquiring his own land.
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