Description
This bushvine dryland Cinsault vineyard was planted in 1954. Wine was aged in old small barrels to preserve the sense of place.
Cherry, wild strawberry and raspberry fruit is offset by bit of spice coming from the 10% whole bunch portion. Elegantly poised with aging potential.
Certifications
Alcohol
13.5%
Analytical data
dry
Vineyard
This bushvine, dryland Cinsault vineyard was planted in 1954 in the Agter Paarl region.
Soil Type
Decomposed shale
Harvest Notes
The 2020 vintage afforded us a full ripe version of Cinsault to work with. Little bit of raisins and little to no green berries in between the bunches. Grapes were harvested in early morning in small lug boxes.
Viticulture
Dry land bushvine planted in 1954
Vinification
Grapes were hand sorted, 90% destemmed and 10% left whole bunch. Care was taken not to over extract with only one punch down by hand done daily. After alcoholic fermentation the wine was racked to old barrels for malolactic fermentation.
Maturation
Maturation was done in neutral/old 225L barrels.
