Glansgruis Carignan

Sirloin or rump steak, slow-roasted lamb and savoury mushroom dishes.

From a vineyard on the boundary of Tulbagh, rooted in schist with sandy loam subsoil. The reflective, broken-mirror appearance of the schist inspired the name Glansgruis.

Matured for 15 months in an old oak barrel.

Grapes were harvested at 04:00 for cool arrival at the cellar. The fruit was destemmed into a small open-top stainless-steel fermenter, with 10% whole bunches retained. A 700 kg batch fermented for three weeks with punch-downs and relatively cool temperatures, before basket pressing and malolactic conversion in barrel.

We are a small family wine business focussed on creating the most terroir-specific wines, predominantly from certified heritage vineyards. In every wine, we create the image of the vineyard, inclusive of soil and surrounding. We produce relatively small scale wines and focus on exclusivity and exceptional quality, demonstrating a viticultural area and grape typicity. Our objective for future wines is to locate vineyards whose story needs to be told, thereby creating unique styles of wine that will intrigue wine enthusiasts from around the globe. At Van Blommestein Wines, our quest is to create a wine, capturing the uniqueness of the terroir, right into our bottles.