Experimental White Blend

Shellfish, Spicy food, Lean fish, Mild and soft cheese

A super experimental Coastal White blend of: 34% Stellenbosch Chardonnay (skin fermented for 11 days); 9% Stellenbosch Chardonnay; 26% Bott Stellenbosch Old Vine Chenin; 17% Stellenbosch Old Vine Muscat (fermented for 7 days on skins and stems); 11% 2020 Reserve Chardonnay aged for 2.5 years in Barrel; and 3% Cool Climate Elgin Riesling.

12 months in 228L and 300L Neutral French Oak

We harvest in the cool, early hours of the morning, into 14kg Lug boxes and transport grapes back to the cellar in refrigerated trucks where they are allowed to cool overnight before wholebunch pressing or crushing. Natural fermentation takes place in barrel with the skin fermentations in closed top fermenters. All vineyards are kept separate and matured on gross lees in neutral French Oak for the winter, racked and blended in the spring before bottling in January.

Minimalist Wines is an independent South African wine producer focused on growing Cool Climate Syrah. We farm parcels in Cape Agulhas, Elgin and Stellenbosch regions aiming to deliver an authentic expression of vineyard site.