Reisiger Colombar

A great option to pair with summer salads and grilled white meats or fish.

1540 kilograms of Colombar was picked on the 3rd of March 2022 before 9am. The grapes were directly transported back to the winery in Riversdale for the making.

Matured for 2 months in Amphora.

The grapes were destalked and crushed to the press where it underwent 3 hours of skin contact before pressing. Pressed to tank for overnight settling at 12C. After racking the next day, it was inoculated with a Loire isolated yeast strain. Fermented for 14 days in a stainless steel tank at 14 degrees C before moving the wine to Terracotta Amphora to finish the fermentation.

Situated on the lime-rich soils on the cliff banks of the Duivenhoks River, Baleia is a unique terroir standing alone on this beautiful district of the Cape South Coast. A stone’s throw away from Sebastian’s Bay and the towns of Vermaklikheid and Stilbaai, the wines smell of the ocean!