Vineyard Blocks

Unusual care has been taken to produce something special from our local workhorse variety. This is a single vineyard wine produced for our neighbours. An exceptional vineyard block has been chosen with a cool microclimate, deep moisture retentive soil and 25 year old vines with a low 7 - 10 ton / hectare yield.

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Vintage Conditions

 

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 Production

The wine was 100 % barrel fermented in mostly used (30 % new American ) French oak barrels and left on the lees for 7 months to add a creamy richness to the ripe fruit. Bottled on the property with only a light fining and no filtration or cold stabilization.

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Tasting Notes

A clear attractive medium yellow colour.

The nose shows complex damp hay, melon, lemon and toasty, vanilla aromas.

The palate is quite powerful with a crisp, crunchy acidity complimented by ripe fruit flavours and sweet vanilla from the oak. Fine, long aftertaste.

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An exceptionally cool vintage for Stellenbosch producing really fine fruit with the intensity and structure to develop over several years in the bottle.

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Analysis

Alc.  13.89            Sugar  2.7           TA  8.1            VA  0.49            pH  3.37            SO2   34  -  113