Stats
- Grapes: 100% Pinot Gris
- Vineyard: Newlands Vineyard (Polkadraai Hills)
- Vine Age: 16-years-old
- Soil Type: Gravel, Sand and ‘Koffieklip’ (Ferricrete or ‘Coffee Stone’)
- Viticulture: Practicing Organic
- Fermentation: Native – concrete tank on skins for 6 days (100% de-stemmed)
- Skin Contact: 7 days
- Aging: 8 months in 50hL concrete 'squares'
- Alcohol: 12%
- pH: 3.65
- Total Acidity: 5.1 g/L
- Total SO2: 45 ppm
- Total Production: 1,250 cases
- UPC: 6009803564485
Tasting Note
Rich strawberry and cherry flavors mingle with herbal accents and subtle mineral undertones, enhanced by a touch of grip. Concrete aging lends purity to the fruit expression, resulting in a wine with a satisfyingly smooth texture and savory depth.
Press & Reviews
The WineMag
92
"Harvest involved two picks, the earlier to help maintain freshness in a low-acid year and the second, some seven days later, to add more texture and depth. Seven days of skin contact before maturation in concrete tanks.
Pale red with an orange tinge in colour. Compelling and rather exotic aromatics of rose, potpourri, cranberry, orange, herbs, spice and a touch of earth. Good fruit expression and moderate acidity, the tannins possessing a chalky quality. Textured and flavourful with good length. Alc: 12.01%."
- Christian Eedes
Pale red with an orange tinge in colour. Compelling and rather exotic aromatics of rose, potpourri, cranberry, orange, herbs, spice and a touch of earth. Good fruit expression and moderate acidity, the tannins possessing a chalky quality. Textured and flavourful with good length. Alc: 12.01%."
- Christian Eedes
Vinous
90
"The 2023 Pinot Gris looks like a Rosé (as usual). Fermented and aged in concrete tanks, it’s quite fragrant on the nose, offering red cherries and light orange blossom scents. The palate is taut and fresh with orange rind and red cherries again, a crisp line of acidity, and a dab of stem ginger on the finish. Delightful."
- Neal Martin
- Neal Martin