MAKE WINE TASTING AN ADVENTURE. Follow the route
- known as "the road to nowhere" - ending in a village
forgotten by time. You'll find fynbos feathering the undulating
koppies that break the horizon. To the right, the river valley
is planted with vineyards, row upon trellised row.
Sheltered by the Langeberg in the north and the Riviersonderend mountains
in the south. Gentle mountains with slopes subject to an ever-changing
play of sun and shadow in the clear light that caresses...
McGregor's winery dates back to 1949, when wine
farmers in the area decided to erect a cellar for their combined
harvest. The building, with its classic Cape façade, was
completed a year later.
It enters the millennium with extended capacity,
high-tech equipment and improved production flow. Selected vineyard
blocks are vinified separately, and vineyards have been upgraded
with noble cultivars and new clones planted in virgin soil. A
red, sandy soil that, combined with the dry climate, provides
potential for fine red wines. Quality wines that capture the terroir
of a timeless valley.
Winemaker Pieter Carstens worked his first harvest
at McGregor in 2000 and has seen the winery through successive
extensions, providing the continuity of a man who values the past
and believes in expressing the area's unique terroir in quality
wines. He has ensured that the Scottish links - the village was
named after the Rev. Andrew McGregor, who settled and ministered
the Robertson district - are reflected in the elegant McGregor
wine label.
Sheltered by the Langeberg in the north and the Riviersonderend mountains
in the south. Gentle mountains with slopes subject to an ever-changing
play of sun and shadow in the clear light that caresses...