Vineyard Selection Sauvignon Blanc

Please note: Award stickers are applied at the producer's discretion and may not be present on all bottles.

The grapes were picked very early in the morning. Every process from picking to bottling was done super reductive with dry ice being added in the bins in the vineyard already. After destemming and crushing we gave at least 24hours skin contact. Only the free run juice was settled for 1 day and then racked to the fermentation vessel. It was inoculated with selected yeast strain and fermentation took place at 13°C.

The 2020 vintage was short and intense, and the Sauvignon Blanc was picked 10 days earlier than normal. Moderate day temperatures and cool evenings led to amazing quality with intense flavour profiles. The wine was produced from selected dryland vineyards in Stellenbosch (False Bay), Durbanville and Darling. Canopy management involved an early suckering action and breaking leaves in the bunch zone to get sufficient sunlight on the bunches at an early stage.

The wine spent 7 months on the primary lees before being blended and bottled.