This wine is grown on Rose-Quartz soils in Elgin, a cool, high altitude plateau, and Botrivier just in the shadow of the mountain. The region offers a lengthened ripening period which brings the grapes late into season — often 3-4 weeks later than traditional wine growing areas in South Africa. This provides the opportunity to develop deep complexity and concentration.

Winemaker’s notes:” The grapes were picked and whole bunch pressed, slowly extracting the juice at a rate of 550ltrs per ton. The juice was settled for 48 hours and was racked into older, neutral 225 litre Burgundian barrels, and a 1500 litre concrete egg for fermentation and maturation lasting 11 months. The “egg” component forms about 20% of the production.”

ANALYSIS: ALC 13.5 % | RS 2.8 g/l | TA 6.69 g/l | pH 3.21