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Ideal to be enjoyed chilled on its own and will complement vegetable dishes, salads, seafood, pork and slightly spicy or aromatic foods.

Well drained loam and red sand mix with some light clay areas on a broken hardpan layer. Average 14 year old trellised and irrigated vineyards, Spruitdrift area, Olifants River, West Coast, South Africa.

After 9 months the components were racked, blended, cold stabilised and bottled with a light filtration.

The grapes were hand picked in the morning and pressed to tank where it was chilled and settled for two days. All varieties were vinified separately with native yeasts. The components were aged in neutral tanks with 10% aged in old 300L French oak barrels.

Cape Rock Wines is situated between the towns of Vredendal and Klawer 300km north from Cape Town and 30 km inland from Doringbaai on the West Coast of South Africa. We grow a variety of red and white grapes such as Syrah Grenache Mourvèdre Carignan Cabernet Sauvignon Grenache Blanc Roussanne Marsanne Viognier and Colombard. The vineyards are located on a single 11-hectare farm just above the banks of the Olifants river floodplain.