Palate
Pink grapefruit, coconut, passionfruit, passiona, pavlova and lime.
Growing Conditions
A certified organic and biodynamic site at the northern end of the cape. The vineyard is mostly unkept, unpruned and lacks traditional trellising. The vines sprawl everywhere where pigs, geese, guineafowl and cows roam free. The site faces north with a little creek running through the middle of the vineyard. Native flowers and plants grow under the rows with no herbicides or pesticides sprayed and no cultivation. It is one of only a few certified biodynamic vineyards in the region and was one of the first to receive Demeter certification.
- Soil: gravelly loam
- Certification: certified organic & biodynamic grapes (Demeter)
Harvest
Hand picked
Bottling
Closure: diam cork & hand wax
Winemaking
The fruit was hand picked and showed varied levels of ripeness through the vineyard and crop, chilled overnight and hand sorted prior to being lightly cold pressed as whole bunches, very gently over a few hours. The juice was left to naturally settle prior to a wild fermention. This year we pumped the fermenting juice into 1-2 year old barriques containing chardonnay lees to add complexity and texture. No malolactic fermentation and fortnightly lees stirring prior to being bottled with no fining and a light filtration.
Aging
Maturation: 10 months in barrique
