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“New World Trailblazers Redefining Fine Wine”

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Stark-Condé Wines ∙ Harvest Report 2026 🍇🌄🍷 The 2 Stark-Condé Wines ∙ Harvest Report 2026 🍇🌄🍷

The 2026 vintage was shaped by a dry growing season, with below-average winter rainfall and lower-than-average precipitation through most of the cycle. Despite this, soil moisture levels remained sufficient, supporting healthy vine growth and good overall vineyard balance.

Strong winds during flowering led to slightly reduced yields, although bud break and fruit set was even across most blocks. With little rainfall until late February, careful irrigation management was key. The dry summer conditions kept disease pressure low, resulting in clean, healthy fruit at harvest.

Warm weather accelerated ripening, leading to an early start to the harvest. Picking decisions were guided by careful vineyard tasting to ensure optimal flavour development alongside phenolic
ripeness. Yields were well below average, with small, loose bunches and berries contributing to good concentration. Ripening was notably even across varieties.

The white wines show purity, freshness, and intensity, while the reds display amazing colour, intense flavour and structure. A gentle winemaking approach, particularly for Cabernet Sauvignon, has been central to preserving balance and achieving refined tannins.

Cabernet Sauvignon stands out as a key variety in 2026, showing excellent colour, structure, and consistency. Overall, the vintage is characterised by balance, clean fruit expression, and strong
quality across both white and red wines. We believe it may be one of the stand-out vintages of the past decade.

– José Conde, cellarmaster
The final press is complete. It’s a simple sight, The final press is complete. It’s a simple sight, easy to miss, but it represents a lot.

🍇 We successfully hand-harvested 40 hectares’ worth of organic Jonkershoek grapes.

🍇 Each bunch was hand-sorted and put through our destemmer, or used for whole-bunch fermentation

🍇 All juice was successfully fermented in either stainless steel tanks, french oak barrels or open-top fermenters.

After pressing, most of our reds are moved to either barrels or concrete tanks for maturation. Our winemaking team will keep a close eye on these during the coming winter months.

Congratulations to our vineyard and winemaking teams on a successful, organic 2026 harvest. To our import partners, detailed harvest reports are coming soon ✨
@decanter highlights “Consistently high quality” o @decanter highlights “Consistently high quality” of our Oude Nektar in their recent panel tasting of South African red blends.

This wine is based around the highest elevation vineyard on the estate, which at 550m is arguably one of Stellenbosch’s highest Cabernet vineyards. The site has very stoney decomposed granite soils, and a perfect aspect toward the afternoon sun. Although this vineyard gets a cooling breeze, it averages 45 minutes more sunlight each day which allows for a slower ripening period. This Bordeaux-style blend is matured for about 20 months in French oak barrel before being bottled with no fining and no filtration.

#starkcondesignature #winesofsouthafrica #organicwines #cabernetsauvignon #iconwines
👩🏻‍🌾 White grapes harvested in 2026; hand-picked, 👩🏻‍🌾 White grapes harvested in 2026; hand-picked, carefully sorted, naturally fermented. 

While Stark-Condé is known for Cabernet Sauvignon, our white wines form the backbone of what is enjoyed at our popular Postcard Cafe and tasting room, particularly during the Southern Hemisphere summer, when sunny weather pairs perfectly with our textured yet refreshing white wines. 

✨ Monk Stone Chenin Blanc
✨ Round Mountain Sauvignon Blanc
✨ Field Blend Estate White

All bottled memories of vintages passed.

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