The Pearly Gates Farm, owned by JHN Hanekom, produces the Pinot Noir vineyard used for the Kruger Pinot Noir. The vineyard consists of two neighboring vineyards on 500 meters above sea level in the Upper Hemel and Aarde Valley.
Complexity is already reached in the vineyard by having half of the surface planted with east west row direction and half with north south row direction. The vineyard was planted in 2003 with 5 different clones on loam rich topsoil, situated on clay and areas with decomposed granite, resulting in natural low pH and high acidity.
