Lukas van Loggerenberg Break a Leg Rosé: moon boots in the vineyard

Superb single vineyard rosé from one of South Africa's most exciting winemakers

His 2024s were heralded as some of the finest wines to come out of South Africa in recent years. Lukas van Loggerenberg is, in the words of Neal Martin on vinous.com, 'firmly in the highest echelon of South African winemakers.'

Yet his first solo vintage in 2016 almost went very badly wrong! Lukas suffered a nasty knee injury (playing rugby, of course) on New Year's Eve and had to hobble around the vineyard in a cast. The injury inspired the name of one of his very first wines, 'Break a Leg' rosé, the label of which is full of references to this vintage: the moon boot he wore throughout harvest, a donkey for his stubborn determination and a tortoise to symbolise the speed at which he was able to get around.

Break a Leg ros&eacute (Lukas calls it a 'Blanc de Noir', a peculiarly South African term for very lightly coloured rosé wines) is sourced from a single vineyard of Cinsault bushvines planted in 1992, on decomposed granite soils just two miles from the ocean. A portion is aged in old oak on the lees to enhance complexity and texture - and like all the best rosé wines it ages well in the bottle. The wine displays Provençal elegance and delicacy, yet the old vines, buffeted by the wind off False Bay, add an extra level of spice and intensity to the wine. Superb and at less than £20 per bottle, a steal! /JH

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