Craven

Pinot Gris

Name: Cinsault
Brand: Craven
Price: 259 ZAR
Availability: InStock
Rating: Christian Eedes 93 (1 reviews)

Pinot Gris from Stellenbosch, South Africa

R265

Bottle size:

750 ml

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"From Polkadraai Hills. Fermented on skins for six days, matured for six months in concrete tanks. Strawberry, red apple, a hint of pomegranate, potpourri and spice on the nose. Concentrated fruit, lively acidity and a slightly pithy, saline finish. Vivid and full of flavour. Alc: 12%." CE

Strawberry

Red Apple

Pomegranate

Potpourri

With this being the case, we just can't waste that colour and delicious flavour trapped in the skins, so we ferment this wine like a red. This year we decided to make 2 picks at harvest time. The earlier pick to help maintain acidity in a low acid year and the second pick, some 7 days later, to add more texture and depth. The grapes were destemmed into concrete tanks for fermentation and given a light pump over once a day for gentle extraction of the lovely rose-coloured hue and chalky tannin. Both picks were fermented separately on skins for 6 days and then pressed off and blended together.

Craven

Craven Wines is all about exploring the vast array of unique sites in the coastal region of South Africa known as Stellenbosch. Created by Mick and Jeanine Craven in 2012 with a few barrels of Pinot Noir from her family vineyards, it has grown to encompass wines from further afield in the Stellenbosch landscape. Although growing up on different sides of the Indian Ocean and having spent many years learning around the world, all roads eventually led back to the tip of Africa. Both drawn in by the great vineyard sites, culture and energy of the Cape Winelands. The aim is to make honest, pure wines from single sites with attentive intervention.