Kelvin Feku
Kelvin Feku
AboutKelvin Feku
Zimbabwean winemaker Kelvin Feku learned his craft in the cellar at Natte Valleij in the Cape. Under Alex Milner’s mentorship he progressed to assistant winemaker, earned a winemaking diploma and began making wine under his own name. Feku’s debut Grenache Noir draws on dry-farmed vines in Wellington, rooted in Malmesbury shale and Glenrosa soils.
Kelvin Feku 2022 Grenache Noir
South African Red
$39.99
Pale crimson in colour, the wine brings wild raspberry, cherry and smoked plum with tobacco and rooibos. The finish is saline. Grenache Noir comes from dryland vines rooted in Malmesbury shale and Glenrosa soils in Wellington. The fruit was basket pressed, and maturation lasted nine months in foudre. The release comes from South Africa’s Coastal Region and carries 13 percent alcohol.