Description
The wine offers an understated bouquet that unfolds delicately in the glass, with hints of apple, hay and ginger spice. The palate is well balanced and offers more of a textural experience than overt flavors. It has a vibrant mineral core with a touch of citrus on the finish leaving a slight tannic grip after the wine has departed.
Awards
96 pts Tim Atkin
95 pts Winemag.co.za Rating
Certifications
Alcohol
13.0%
Analytical data
dry
Vineyard
100% Chenin blanc. A single-vineyard wine from a bush vine parcel planted in 1964. The vineyard is situated on the foot- hills of the Helderberg mountain.
Soil Type
Granite / quartz / clay
Vinification
The grapes were handpicked in the early morning hours to preserve fruit integrity. The grapes were then gently pressed after a brief period of skin contact. The juice was settled overnight without the use of settling enzymes and from here it was fed directly to French oak barrels (10% new) where fermentaion occured spontaneous- ly. The wine was aged on its lees in barrel for 8 months, with no batonage. The wine was bottled after a coarse filtration in November 2017.
