Sauvignon Blanc

Best served with lightly seared Norwegian salmon and a caper butter sauce.

All grapes are grown on Constantia Uitsig, with a Mediterranean climate with cool sea breezes from False Bay during the growing season. Soils are alluvial decomposed granite from the slopes of Table Mountain. The soils are deep, well drained, and have a high reflection rate.

The different components were matured on the lees for another 3 months before blending and bottling.

Harvest dates are decided mostly on taste and phenolic ripeness. Grapes are hand harvested, crushed, destemmed, and left on the skins overnight for maximum thiol extraction. Fermentation took place in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks, except for one component that was fermented in a concrete tank.

Constantia Uitsig is a historic Constantia wine estate focused on a small, considered range of South African wines. Rooted in one of the Cape’s oldest wine regions, the estate produces wines shaped by cool coastal influence, classic varieties and a clear sense of place.