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***PRE-ARRIVAL - ETA mid-MAY 2026***

94 points Vinous Media
Drinking Window 2026 - 2042
The 2024 Hemelrand Vine Garden comes from Hemel en Aarde Ridge at 360m altitude. It has a gorgeous bouquet with lemon balm, orange zest and just peach skin, absolutely beautiful. The palate has exquisite balance, a little more weight than the Chenins, a touch of orange pith and lemongrass, with a touch of white pepper on the finish. Real tension throughout this white blend. This really gains harmony with aeration in the glass and manifests a little more saltiness that urges you back for more. - By Neal Martin on August 2025

93 points Wine Advocate
Drink Date: 2026 - 2034
The Alheit Vineyards 2024 Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge Hemelrand Vine Garden is a field-style blend of 28% Chardonnay, 32% Roussanne, 25% Chenin Blanc, 11% Verdelho and 4% Muscat à Petits Grains, grown at roughly 360 meters above sea level. Aromatically, the wine leans into white flowers and lifted perfumes, with freshness taking precedence over weight. Aware that acidity from this exposed site can verge on shrill, Chris Alheit chose to harvest at 13% potential alcohol, a calculated gamble that brings balance and flow to the palate. Fresh and precise, the wine gains appeal through the interplay between its buoyant acidity and its floral, slightly exotic, bouquet.

93 pts Tim Atkin
Vine Garden is the vineyard that surrounds Chris Alheit’s cellar on the Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge. Always made as a blend, the resulting wine combines Roussanne, 28% Chardonnay, 25% Chenin Blanc, 11% Verdelho and 4% Muscat in 2024. Aromas of ginger spice, rose petal and white pepper steer you into a palate of citrus, pear and lemon verbena and a racy finish. [Tim Atkin, 02/09/2025] Anticipated maturity: 2026-2029

Winemaking and Maturation The grapes were picked early in the morning, sorting in the vineyard, and whole bunch pressed. The juice was very lightly settled (we like very cloudy raw juice) with no additions to the raw juice, wild fermentation took place in old barrels of various sizes. Fermentation lasted for about two months. The wine was kept on lees for around 12 months, then rested in tank on fine lees without fining for a further six months prior to bottling. Very simple, careful winemaking.

The Vineyard (winery)
Hemelrand is special to us because this is ground zero, where our project started and still resides. It’s situated on the cold and windy Hemel & Aarde Ridge at 360 meters above sea level on gravelly clay and sandstone. Viticulturally speaking this is a marginal site, the upside of which is slow ripening with high natural acidity. Hemelrand is meticulously farmed by Hans Evenhuis and his team, hence the name Vine Garden.

The vineyard was planted in 2010 to Chardonnay, Roussanne, Verdelho, Chenin blanc, and Muscat Blanc a petit grain – one place expressed by a few different grapes. The proportions of the different grapes produced varies each vintage. The idea is to bottle the wine just as the vineyard produces it, effectively creating a white field blend that changes every year as the season dictates. The wine is always remarkable and continues to gain in stature as the vines mature.