Old Vine Palomino

In the winery we did whole bunch pressing straight to Stainless Steel to settle overnight, after which the juice was transferred to Concrete Egg and older French oak barrels. Without any additions – natural fermentation started slowly after five days.

Partnering with Potgieter Van Zyl from the farm Bergendal in the high mountains of Piekenierskloof , we put much effort into this vineyard and winemaking to produce a very individually styled wine. The grapes are grown on 700 meters above sea level on decomposed granite soils and were picked mid-February from a vineyard planted in 1974, these old bush vines gives great concentration and complexity in the final wine.

Completed in 28 days after which the wine spent 5 months on the gross lees before preparing (with minimum intervention) for bottling.