Full on Misfit

A brilliant wine pairing for anything fishy, herby or citrussy and a great wine for spring and summer drinking.

The 2020 vintage of the Full on Misfit Blanc combines three different varieties representing the Olifants River and Koekenaap areas. This statement wine is a move away from the classic Rhone and Bordeaux white blends for a new take on white blends and their ever-changing compositions in South Africa. This is a West Coast blend.

All the components were aged for 7 months on the gross lees with minimal sulphites added and battonaged once a week for 4 months. They were eventually blended together after 7 months and bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Grapes were picked early in the morning to preserve flavours and keep them from spontaneously starting fermentation. Whole-bunch into a basket press and foot-stomped without the addition of any sulphites or enzymes. The juice was cold-settled for two days and then racked into 228-litre barrels. 50% of the Chenel was done with whole-bunch carbonic maceration on the skins for two weeks and then pressed and racked into two 228-litre barrels. After 4 months in 228-litre barrels, the Chenel was racked to 500-litre barrels for a further 3 months of ageing. The Colombard and Sauvignon Blanc was pressed whole-bunch and fermented in 228-litre barrels.

A small town Weskus boytjie making wines of substance, with a true reflection of terroir and personality, and a little bohemian twist. Sakkie Mouton is the epitome of the classic West Coast maverick or perhaps the West Coast misfit to use his own words. But whatever descriptives you use to describe his unique brand of winemaking and marketing, there is no denying this young man’s incredible talent, passion and vision. Almost uniquely, despite his enviable and obvious rock star talents, he has never been too confident or arrogant to dismiss advice or unwilling to alter course in the name of producing the very best possible end product.