Winemakers personal tasting note:

'The unique soils must have played a big role in how these vines coped with the dry year. There’s a clay layer about two meters below that must act as a reservoir, enabling the vines to do well in such conditions. We’ve never had a wine quite like this in the cellar. The nose is extremely impressive: high toned citrus and fynbos notes screaming love poetry at your nose. The palate is totally electric, bright, powerful and long. This is my personal favourite of our bottlings to date.' - Chris Alheit

Why the odd name? The vineyard lies a few degrees off true north from the cellar, roughly on magnetic North. The name implies distance and exploration. It implies a true course of action or movement. It implies an attractive force causing us to drive miles and miles for these vines. There is plenty of iron in the soil, which is a magnetic element, so that fit nicely too.

In physical reality, Magnetic North is always moving, it never remains in the same place, so there is the added implication of a mysterious unattainable target.

Since it’s maiden vintage in 2013, this wine has become a perennial star in our lineup. It’s the one we would send out to war if you know what I mean. Every vintage it managed to combine power and finesse in a way very few other Chenin vineyard from anywhere (not just the Cape) are able to do.