Organic Revelation Semillon

Pork, Shellfish, Poultry, Lean fish, Goat's Milk Cheese

The grapes for this wine come from two blocks on the Estate. This first is a highdensity block that was planted in 2009 and the second block was planted in 2016. The 2023 winter kept pace with the long-term rainfall average and cold units started accumulating in May already. Even-budding confirmed the optimal winter weather condition with véraison, and colour formation being remarkably even. Conditions during Spring were cold and wet, followed by drier summer conditions until early March. This ensured good grape potential and ripening.

The wine was then racked out of barrel after 10 months on the lees, assembled and settled before bottling.

The grapes were all hand-picked early morning to capture freshness and acidity while retaining elegance in the flavour expression. The bunches were brought into our Organic cellar and hand-fed over a sorting table. The bunches were destemmed into the press and stayed for a 24-hour cold soak on the skins before pressing. After pressing, the juice was moved to Burgundian barrels for alcoholic fermentation and maturation.

Founded in 1998 by Alex Dale, Radford Dale set about the Cape in search of exciting vineyard parcels for their chosen specialist varietals. Today, they have two producing wineries. The first is located in Stellenbosch, predominantly focused on sourcing maritime influenced parcels around the Helderberg and Polkadraai. Here, they produce the cult, single vineyard wines of Renaissance Chenin Blanc and Frankenstein Pinotage, and the Radford Dale Vinum range; a set of six wines that consistently overdeliver on style to price. The 2022 vintage marked the maiden release from their own vineyards purchased in Elgin under Radford Dale Organic, with the release of four single varietal Estate wines, the only organic certified vineyards in the region. More recently, they have co-founded South Africa’s first Organic Wine Association. They continue to reintroduce Gamay Noir to the Cape, establishing the first new plantings for some 20 years. It’s a varietal geared up to thrive in warm conditions, and on granite soils. Stylistically, Gamay also embodies Radford Dale’s championing of elegant, refreshing red wines.