Founders Nick and Roslyn Holland collaborate with winemaker Coenie Snyman to create 1,000 bottles of 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon
When you’re knee-deep in a career in mining, you’re probably going to cultivate a deep appreciation for gold. And if you’re anything like Nick Holland, you’ll love it for not just as a precious metal, but a symbol of beauty and rarity—the same attributes that form the foundation of an appreciation for exceptional wine.
Holland, a businessman, and his wife, Roslyn Holland, saw the opportunity to elevate South African wines to international prestige, and put that vision to work in Franschhoek Valley, one of the country’s most celebrated culinary and viticultural regions.
Together, they breathed new life into an old farm, uprooting the existing vineyards and starting anew as the Belle Montagne Members Club. Using Vinpro’s advanced heat mapping and soil analysis, the ideal varietals for the land were identified, and by 2027, the first vintage will be ripe and ready.
Until then, the Hollands have partnered with the internationally acclaimed winemaker, Coenie Snyman, to create Belle Montagne’s debut 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon. As delicious as it is right off the bat, it is designed with ageability in mind, making it destined to be a collector’s wine. Its elegance reflects the region’s passion and distinctive terroir, and its rarity is matched with the precision of high-end fashion; every bottle comes adorned with a gold crest and sealed with a hand-stitched leather strap, before it’s wrapped in Fedrigoni paper and encased in a velvet-lined box.
Only 1,000 bottles are available, and to get your hands on this release, one must become one of 500 Belle Montagne club members. Membership is by application only, and will include the delivery of three annual cuvées—Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Shiraz—each shipped at peak release moments.