Cape White

Shellfish, Lean fish, Mild and soft cheese

Four varieties make up this Cape White blend: Sauvignon blanc, Chenin blanc, Semillon and Muscat d'Alexandrie. The vineyards, all located in the southern, cooler Walker Bay wine district, are surrounded by the rich expanse of the Cape’s fynbos kingdom.

Fermentation occurred spontaneously, with maturation lasting nine months, on fine lees. The wine was blended and bottled, by hand, without fining or filtration.

The fruit was pressed, settled and racked to aged French oak.

The heritage building inside which Maanschijn crafts its wines has lived many lives. Previously a stable, it was also later inhabited by a Walker Bay local, Oom Sampie, who, within its walls, used to dry an assortment of indigenous flowers for sale at the local market.