Vintage - 2017

Country - South Africa

Region - Elgin

Grape Varieties - Sauvignon Blanc 100%

Alcohol by volume - 13%

Bottle - 75cl

Mouth-filling flavours of citrus, lime sorbet and a core of ripe nectarine flesh with a long, pure line of pink grapefruit on the finish. In its youth, flavours are fresh and zesty with a broad mineral-textured base which over time will settle into a flinty and wet limestone character.

Grapes were hand harvested at 22-230 Celsius. After pressing, the must was settled and inoculated with a commercial yeast strain particularly suited to Sauvignon Blanc and the temperature was maintained at 140 Celsius. The wine was kept on gross lees (yeast solids) for 6 months and stirred periodically to enhance mid-palate richness. A 2% cask fermented Sauvignon Blanc fraction (clone 161) was blended after 4 months to broaden the mid-palate slightly. The final wine was lightly fined and filtered into bottle.