The Queens Horses Pinot Gris

Pork, Spicy food, Mushrooms, Cured Meat

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.

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.

Usana is situated in the beautiful and historic Stellenbosch Wine Region on Klein Welmoed the Winshaw Family farm. The Winshaws have been farming on Klein Welmoed for forty-four years; over the past few years the family has diversified the farm by introducing the Usana produce. This new venture boasts a portfolio of four wines; Cabernet Sauvignon Sauvignon Blanc Pinot Gris and a barrel fermented Chenin Blanc.