Saboteur White

Seafood, Poultry, Vegetarian

As the Luddite Saboteur White gains more following, we continue to grow this wine always keeping quality in mind. So, with this said, this is the first vintage where we sourced fruit from Stanford which still keeps the wine to the Cape South Coast region. Very tricky harvest as it rained heavily but luckily, we picked early freshness and acidity, therefore missing the rain.

All the components spent 7 months in old French Oak barrels with regular batonnage.

We continue to have skin contact on the Chenin and Viognier to give some tannin, texture and structure to the wine. Both varietals spent 12 days on skins with morning and evening punch-downs. We then pressed, taking as much lees and sediment to barrel to complete the fermentation. We also did a small portion of tank fermentation Chenin Blanc for extra primary fruit.The Sauvignon Blanc is whole-bunch pressed and pumped directly to barrel without settling to ferment.

Luddite is a Bot River wine producer founded by Niels and Penny Verburg, with Shiraz at the heart of the range. Inspired by Niels' international winemaking experience and a deliberately hands-on approach, Luddite produces characterful, small-production South African wines with a strong focus on fruit, texture and individuality.