Sand Erf Vermentino

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

These vineyards are located about 15 kilometres from the cold Atlantic ocean in an area known as Sand Erf along the West Coast of South Africa. Soils are generally comprised of decomposed sandstone with small pockets of limestone.

The finished wine was aged on the gross less for 4 months with regular stirring of the lees. After 4 months in the 228 litre barrels the wine was racked to 500 litre barrels for a further 2 months of aging

Grapes were hand harvested early in the morning, then taken to the cold room and cooled down. Grapes were foot stomped whole bunch in an old basket press with the juice being transferred to cold settle for 12 hours in a stainless steel tank. Next the clear juice was racked to 228 litre barrels to ferment naturally.

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.