Technical Specifications
Region Western Cape
Oak Aging 24 months
Oak Types French
Production Details The 2015 vintage was the start of a long, dry spell in the Western Cape. Due to this dryness and heat towards the end of the growing season, the 2015 vintage is our smallest to date (2.3t/ha). As a result, we picked both our old block and young block together for the first time and, as depressing as it was to look at, the whole farm fitted into one tank. As opposed to having various methods of fermentation ie, small bin punch-downs and pump-overs, all the wine was made in stainless steel tank with the pump-over method. Being a smaller crop, we have unbelievable fruit intensity and by fermenting in stainless steel, we were able to control the temperature throughout the fermentation and therefore retain the fruit intensity of the vintage. Luckily the ferments went very dry with low residual sugars which balanced the low natural acidity of the vintage. Three pump-overs a day to make sure that we got enough tannin and structure to balance the fruit. A total of four weeks on skins then pressed and directly to barrel. We upped the new wood component to 30% and the balance of older wood down to 6th fill. Of the total barrel selection, 8% Hungarian Oak and the rest was French Oak. After 2 years in barrel, we made up the final barrel selection before bottling.
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Producer Information
Website
Address
Van Der Stel Pass, Bot River, 7185, Western Cape, South Africa
Phone
+27 (0) 28 001 0516
Email
Owner
Niels and Penny Verburg
Cellarmaster
Niels Verburg & Alice Verburg