Blacksmith Wines
Helix
White Blend from Swartland, South Africa
Bottle size:
750 ml
Shipping: R99 nationwide
Blacksmith Wines
Tremayne Smith grew up in East London and studied to be a chef. Influenced by his father's love of wine he then decided to take up a career in winemaking and graduated from Elsenburg College with a degree in cellar technology at the end of 2007. After an internship at De Trafford he was employed full time as the assistant winemaker and vineyard manager for Sijnn later Mullineux and now as winemaker at Fable. In 2014 Tremayne started his own project - The Blacksmith which is still a very small production label using cultivars that he has a great respect and appreciation for. What inspired The Blacksmith was working with cultivars such as Cinsault Carignan and Grenache both locally and during his travels abroad. The Blacksmith's philosophy is to make natural wines that are both appealing and soul-satisfying.
Description
The mutation of Semillon to Semillon Gris remains a mystery – one year the grapes will be white, the following year they’ll transform and shapeshift to be red in colour. The label displays alternative shading on the helix, each strand is different in colour, due to the mutation of Sémillon to Sémillon Gris. Look closer… the strands of the Helix are made up of bones.
Food Pairing
Baked white fish, Smoked dishes
