Kershaw

South Africa

Richard Kershaw is one of only a handful of Masters of Wine actually making wine in South Africa, and he founded Kershaw Wines with a clear idea: take the noble grapes that can produce truly world-class wine, Chardonnay, Syrah, Pinot Noir, and grow them where they belong, then split everything down to the clone and the soil type. No blending shortcuts, no broad-brush approach. Each tiny parcel is vinified on its own and only married together at the end if it earns its place. It's a forensic, almost scientific way of working, but the wines that come out the other side are anything but clinical. They taste of somewhere specific, made by someone who knows exactly what they're doing.