Lukas von Loggerenberg Breton Cabernet Franc 

Tasting Note

The nose shows fresh herbs, violet, and fynbos, with layers of red and black berries, damson, and a touch of earth. It’s light on its feet but serious in style, with juicy acidity, clean fruit, and a dry, grippy finish that keeps things fresh and focused.

Producer

Originating from Rawsonville (a town famed more for its distilling of brandy than the quality of its wine), Lukas first job was at Rijk’s in Tulbagh, after he graduated from Elsenburg college. Then, after spending two seasons on the Finger Lakes on the eastern side of the USA, he returned home to work at the relatively obscure Druk My Niet wine estate in Paarl. It was in late 2015 during a visit to France, that he made the decision to switch from being a salary-earner and into the terrifying if inevitable world of making his own wine.

So, in this large and remote shed, he produces his own wines in exchange for making a bit of (very good) Swartland Chenin for his landlord.

Lukas owns no vines, but his likable disposition has enabled him to tap into some great fruit sources, some of which are shared by the great and the good of the SA wine industry.

Lukas von Loggerenberg Breton Cabernet Franc - Hay Wines