Sunset Tasting
Five wines on the stoep as the light goes, seated at 17:00 in summer and 16:00 in winter.
R180 per person
Reserve
Helderberg · Stellenbosch · Est. 1968
Wine made in
the last light.
Lesedi means “light” in Setswana. Our slopes hold the sun long after the valley has gone dark, and every bottle carries that last hour of it.
The Collection
Three wines,
three slopes.
Each wine comes from a single block, picked by hand and fermented on its own. Turn the bottle to read the label.
R245
750 ml · 13.5%
“We don’t chase the sun. We wait for the hour it leaves, when the slope cools, the breeze comes off the bay, and the grapes finally slow down.”
The Estate
Three generations,
one late hour.
The farm sits high on the western face of the Helderberg, where the False Bay breeze arrives every afternoon and the sun sets over the water instead of behind the mountain. That extra hour of light ripens the grapes slowly. The breeze keeps them fresh.
We farm forty-two hectares by hand and without irrigation on the old blocks, and ferment each one on its own, so every bottle tastes of one slope, one soil and one season.
- Under vine
- 42ha
- Elevation
- 280–420m
- Oldest block
- 1974
- To the ocean
- 9km
- 1968The first vines go into the lower slopes of the farm.
- 1974Klipkop is planted to Chenin Blanc bush vines. They still bear today.
- 1998Laaste Lig, our highest block, is planted to Pinotage at 420 m.
- 2019A new gravity-fed cellar, and the first Cap Classique is disgorged.
Experiences
Come for the wine.
Stay for the light.
Forty-five minutes from Cape Town, at the top of a gravel road. Every visit is seated and hosted, so please book ahead.
Visit
Reserve a table.
Tell us when you’d like to come and we’ll hold a table on the stoep. Groups larger than eight, please call the cellar door.
The Last Light Society
First to the cellar,
twice a year.
Members receive each release before it reaches the cellar door, along with library wines we never sell publicly and an evening on the farm at harvest.
- 15% off every bottle, all year
- Access to library vintages and large formats
- Two complimentary sunset tastings each year
- An invitation to the members’ harvest supper
Six
R1 750 per release
Six bottles in autumn and spring, chosen by the cellarmaster.
Choose SixMost chosen
Twelve
R3 300 per release
Twelve bottles, including one library wine in every case.
Choose Twelve