South Africa, Stellenbosch
Gewürztraminer
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Alcohol
13.5%
Analytical data
dry
Vinification
Rigorous hand selection of only the pink/purple bunches. The grapes were crushed & de-stemmed, moving away from whole bunch pressing. After settling the wine was racked to 3 x 2nd fill French oak 500l barrels where spontaneous fermentation took place. We stirred the lees every week for 8 months before our final barrel selection. Bottling took place without bulk filtration. Sediment may result over time.
Vineyard
These 36 year old vineyards present a visual anomoly. Gnarled and far from aestheitic, they produce the tiniest berries with astonishing aromatic concentration. Southwest facing on one of the most extreme slopes on the farm the wines enjoy the wintery exhalation of the Atlantic Ocean less than a stones throw in viticultural terms.
Soil Type
Decomposed granite soils characterise these slopes.
Viticulture
Trellised & irrigated.
Maturation
8 months in 2nd fill French oak.
