By Mike Bampfield-Duggan, Wine Concepts

Eventually we all complete the great circle of life and I know as I go through mine many bottles of memorable wine will have been an integral part of it. Waterkloof's newly released maiden vintage of blended white — Circle of Life 2009 — was one such bottle and its interesting wrap-around label depicts drawings of the vine through its circle of life.

Harnessing the integrated elements of nature coupled with Waterkloof's bio-dynamic approach to winemaking, this refined wine (which is made up of three white cultivars), is a reflection of the estate's defining sense of origin with its singular variations in soils, terrain and climatic conditions.

"The name Circle of Life reflects the renewal of nature. I regard the vine as a perfect expression of nature's ability to renew itself every year and its annual cycle a metaphor for birth, production, death and rebirth once again at the advent of a new season," says Waterkloof winemaker Werner Engelbrecht.

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