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Naudé Wines

Stellenbosch label sourcing Western Cape fruit for old vine Colombard, Cinsault and heritage blends made with minimal intervention.

The producer

Naudé Wines is Ian Naudé's Stellenbosch label, sourcing fruit from vineyards across the Western Cape, with many sites certified as Old Vine. Ian often works with old vine specialist Rosa Kruger. Minimal intervention winemaking keeps manipulation low and preserves natural flavours, freshness and intensity. The named wines include Langpad Colombard from Vredendal, Werfdans Cinsault from Darling, and Oupa Willem, a Cinsault and Cabernet Sauvignon heritage blend from Darling and Stellenbosch.

Known for

Western Cape old vine wines

Notable facts

The story

Harvests Across Hemispheres

After his first harvest, Ian Naudé worked around the world, alternating harvests in the northern hemisphere and South Africa. More than 30 years of winemaking experience followed before he distilled that work into his own label, Naudé Wines. Based in Stellenbosch, the label buys fruit from vineyards across the Western Cape, much of it from certified Old Vine sites. Ian often works with old vine specialist Rosa Kruger. Minimal intervention winemaking remains central to the cellar approach. Its range includes Langpad Colombard from Vredendal and Werfdans Cinsault from Darling.

From the atlas

Naudé Wines

Stellenbosch producer sourcing Western Cape fruit for old vine Colombard, Cinsault and heritage blends made with minimal intervention.

At A Glance

| Base | Stellenbosch, South Africa |

| Region | Western Cape |

| Main grapes | Colombard, Cinsault, Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon |

| Named wines | Langpad Colombard, Werfdans Cinsault, Oupa Willem |

| Defining feature | Fruit sourced across the Western Cape, with many certified Old Vine sites |

The Producer

Ian Naudé founded Naudé Wines in Stellenbosch. The label buys fruit from vineyards across the Western Cape, many of them certified Old Vine sites. Ian often works with old vine specialist Rosa Kruger, and the wines are vineyard led rather than driven primarily by cellar technique.

Minimal intervention winemaking is central to the cellar approach. Naudé Wines aims to preserve vineyard character, natural flavours, freshness and intensity with as little manipulation as possible. The house style is low in alcohol and extraction but high in intensity.

Place

Stellenbosch is the producer's base, while the vineyards extend across the Western Cape. Vredendal supplies old vine Colombard for Langpad and Soutbos, Darling supplies the Cinsault for Werfdans, and Oupa Willem combines fruit from Darling and Stellenbosch.

The geography changes the grape and blend from bottle to bottle. Langpad keeps Colombard varietal, Soutbos makes Chenin Blanc the lead grape, Werfdans is Cinsault, and Oupa Willem combines Cinsault with Cabernet Sauvignon.

Wines

Langpad Colombard 2022 is a varietal white from Vredendal. Wet slate and petrichor sit over peach stone, lime blossom, rock salt and crunchy green pear. The palate is dense and glycerol textured, with salty white peach, green apple, sour pear drops and river pebble minerality.

Werfdans Cinsault 2017 is the red from Darling. It is fragrant, with red berries and Turkish Delight, then dry and savoury in the mouth, with red fruit, stony acidity and very fine, lightly sandy tannins. Twelve months in older oak add cedar.

Oupa Willem 2019 is the heritage blend from Darling and Stellenbosch. Strawberries and raspberries move into darker blackcurrant like fruit, with bright energetic acidity and light, silky tannins.

A Bottle To Understand It

Langpad Colombard is the bottle to open first. It is 100% Colombard from old vines in Vredendal, grown on sand. The varietal composition keeps the grape and source separate from Soutbos, where Chenin Blanc leads and Colombard supports. Langpad places one grape, one origin and one vineyard material in a single white wine.

Final Word

Naudé Wines is a Stellenbosch label built from Western Cape fruit rather than a single estate vineyard. Its named bottles move from Colombard and Cinsault varietals to a heritage blend, with many of the vineyards certified as Old Vine and the cellar approach kept to minimal intervention.

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