| Winemaker |
Charl du Plessis |
| Winemakers Approach |
The vineyard is starting to mature well and producing fruit with complexity and great potential. The intense fruit character of the wine is well-supported by the addition of oak, making a bold wine with good aging potential. |
| The Vintage |
Spice Route Viognier is grown on the deep soils of the Swartland and the unirrigated bushvines provide grapes with deep, concentrated fruit and rich minerality. |
| The Vineyard |
The Viognier grapes for this wine are predominantly grown on deep Oakleaf soils in our vineyards near Malmesbury in the Swartland. This bushvine vineyard is unirrigated and was planted in 2001 on rootstock Richter 99. |
| The Winemaking |
The Viognier grapes were hand-picked at 25.0°B. The bunches were not de-stalked and the fruit was whole bunch pressed. Fermentation took place in old French oak barrels, and lasted 14 days. Malolactic fermentation was not allowed, but the wine was left on its lees for 11 months before being bottled, with batonnage (stirring) weekly. |
| Analysis |
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| Alcohol |
14.5% |
| Residual Sugar |
3.3 g/l |
| Acidity |
7.2 g/l |
| pH |
3.49 |
