The Queens Horses Pinot Gris

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This wine was whole bunch pressed. It was then naturally fermented in older French oak barrels. In September we blended the Pinot Gris. The Queen’s Horses blend was returned to one 500L 2nd fill barrel till November.

All the grapes came from a block on our farm, Klein Welmoed in Stellenbosch. All the vineyards are trellised. All grapes are harvested by hand in individual bins in optimal conditions to ensure true quality from beginning to end. The Pinot Gris is picked in three batches. Early pick to add freshness, middle pick to add structure and a small late pick to add body. This wine is predominantly made up of pick three with a bit of batch one and two.

It spent around 7 months on the lees and 9 months aging in barrels.