Pilgrim Wines

Viura

Name: Chenin Blanc
Brand: Pilgrim Wines
Price: 175 ZAR
Availability: InStock

Macabeo from Breede River Valley, South Africa

R185

Bottle size:

750 ml

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The color of this wine is an alluring golden hue with a green tinge. On the nose there is first hint of reductiveness – but in a really good way (not struck match and H2S), think more wet river rocks and flint. It starts out ever so slightly dusty and then opens up with aromas of chamomile, elder flower and jasmine flower perfume. It really is very engaging with very fine citrus blossom sweetness, some vanilla and freshly ground cinnamon sticks. On the pallet the weight is amazing! Given the little extra skin contact, the subtle tannins that are present, create an environment that makes all those elegant flavors really “blossom”. Full, flavorsome, rounded sweetness, this wine is the epitome of balance. As to the finish, one can only describe it as ethereal. The ease with which the wine seems to disappear but continues to play is very elegant. It leaves a lovely weight that lingers, almost like the sensation and experience of eating candy floss! It’s very cerebral in quality, and lovely to enjoy.

Citrus Blossom

Flint

Jasmine

Cinnamon

After a light crush into plastic bins, the mash spent 4 days cold before fermentation so as to be able to extract all those flavor precursors that are just under the seemingly thick skin cells. Fermentation began naturally and was allowed to proceed for 3 days on the skins, after which we pressed the fermenting must. Fermentation was then allowed to naturally conclude its process in a 225L and 500L neutral white wine barrel.

Like the previous year, 2021 was also earlier ripening than expected. While the rains in winter of 2020 was good, it was also later, and filled ground levels till later in the year, giving a result of lower soils temperatures and delayed budburst in Spring of 2020. With a few less growing, or ripening days under the belt, the Viura came in perfectly ripe at 23.5 balling, but with a fantastic natural acidity. Harvesting was done on the 9th of March 2021 by hand, and the grapes were transported in fruit bins to the cellar for vinification.

Pilgrim Wines

Pilgrim Wines is a unique wine company, dedicated to inspire, teach and surprise. We are a small family-owned business with a passion for wine making. Well-known Winemaker Henry Kotzé (former Morgenster and now at the iconic Mulderbosch) carefully crafts the wines for owner and Viticulturist wife Riëtte Kotzé’s Pilgrim Wines brand. We do not have our own vineyards, at the moment we source our grapes from small pockets of vineyards that we have come across in our everyday paths. These distinct parcels of land, happen to be in our home-grown Stellenbosch area and the amazing Voor Paardeberg regions. We partner with like minded ethical growers and believe in leaving nothing but footprints for the next generation. We focus on innovative methods with tried and tested cultivars, as well as experimental styles with unorthodox, unfamiliar cultivars. We like to discover the new and untried pathways in the journey of grape to bottle.