Vin de Constance 1.5L

Foie gras on brioche with vendage tardive wine jelly.

The 2012 harvest was split into six portions providing us with six unique and exciting building blocks. Each portion was hand sorted and then made using a specific technique according to their individual traits and characteristics.

The wine was aged in a combination of 60 % new French oak, Hungarian oak and French Acacia. It was left for a period of 2.5 years in barrel on the gross lees before racking out and blending, the wine then spent a further 6 months in tank before bottling.

Having finished harvesting so late in the season the skins had completely disintegrated into a mass pulp after maceration which meant that the pressing process took weeks in our brand new basket press. Fermentation then took up to 6 months and stopped completely naturally once the perfect combination of sugar to alcohol was achieved.

Dating back to 1685 and described as one of the world’s most beautiful wine estates Klein Constantia is set amidst ancient trees on the upper foothills of the Constantiaberg with views across False Bay. The perfect location for cool climate wines Klein Constantia produces some of South Africa’s top wines including one of the world’s best natural sweet wines Vin de Constance.