Maestro White

Pairs well with a wide variety of seafood dishes, especially shellfish, cod, lobster and crab.

Vertical shoot positioned vineyards allow for optimum ripening and ideal sunlight exposure of fruit. There is a good exposure of slopes to cooling southern breezes off False Bay. Vineyards are established on slopes with soils of weathered granite and sandstone. Yields are controlled to between 7 and 8 tons per hectare. A cold, wet winter preceding the 2021 growing season resulted in delayed budburst and a similarly delayed harvest. Flavour development peaked early resulting in full-flavoured, ripe styled Roussanne and Grenache Blanc with healthy levels of natural acidity this year.

Maturation took place for 10 months in these same vessels.

The grapes are whole bunch harvested, with only the Chenin Blanc component being whole bunch pressed. The Roussanne, Marsanne and Grenache Blanc were all destemmed and received 4-6 hours of skin contact before being pressed and naturally fermented in a combination of French Oak barrel, Concrete Egg, Foudre and Terracotta Amphora.

A hidden garden vineyard deep in the Stellenbosch Kloof, with sweeping views across False Bay to Cape Town, lies DeMorgenzon - a name derived from Dutch origin for “the morning sun.” From its hilltop manor, this prestigious and graceful family estate is home to Wendy and Hylton Appelbaum. Classical music drifts through the garden vineyards. The earth has music for those who listen. Viticulturally, DeMorgenzon has predominantly south-facing slopes create a cooler microclimate in an otherwise warm region. This allows for the production of finely poised, ethereal Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay, as well as sophisticated, highly aromatic Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon. In keeping with their vinous philosophy, the estate is farmed regeneratively, fostering biodiversity and soil vitality to create a balanced, living ecosystem in the vineyards.