Heavenly Chaos

pasta, chicken or vegetarian dishes

Merlot: South facing vineyard at Tanagra (McGregor)bordering Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve, slightly sandy and clay soil. Registered as Single Vineyard. 2 ha planted in 1998, Rootstock 101/14. 8000 number of vines trellised in a South row direction on a 5 wire system

Gentle pressing of skins and malolactic fermentation in 225 litre neutral French oak casks for 14 months. Done with minimal interference through vinification, sediment may occur.

Early morning hand selected harvest to optimize grape quality at 23.5 ballings. Hand-sorting of grapes before destemming. Whole berries are pumped into open top fermenter (without any green stems) and macerated there for about 4 days on the skins, allowing cooled grapes to extract colour and phenolic compounds prior to primary fermentation. Fermentation through natural (wild) yeast as soon as grapes reach room temperature. Punching down of fermenting must 3 times a day until fermentation is completed. Fermentation on the skins until about zero ballings.

TANAGRA is an idyllic wine farm close to McGregor and part of the Robertson Wine Route and Route 62. We offer comfortable accommodation in well appointed guest cottages, produce handcrafted wines and stylish Grappa, Brandy, Fruit Liqueurs, and Eau de Vie.