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2019

‘Touch Me’

Verdelho   |   Walker Bay - South Africa
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About

The rather evocative name and naughty label for this seductively soft and delicious wine is not chosen just for thrills. Mark wants the drinker to experience this wine through multiple senses. We often focus on smell and taste as the main organoleptic markers of a wine, but this wine proves that texture should not be overlooked. Mark wants you to “touch” this wine, noting the gentle phenolic grip that lends presence while a waxy layer coats your tongue and lingers almost indefinitely.

The Verdelho grapes were harvested from a single vineyard in Bot River. After gentle foot stomping, the juice was left to macerate with the skins for 5 days. It fermented with native yeast in a single 500L old wooden barrel, and the wine remained there for a year of maturation on the gross lees. At that point, it was racked to tank and bottled with just a slight filtration. No fining, and certainly, no sulfur.

 

 

 

Stats

  • Grapes: 100% Verdelho
  • Vineyard: Krige's Gem (Bot River)
  • Vine Age: 15-years-old
  • Soil Type: Decomposed granite
  • Viticulture: Sustainable
  • Fermentation: Native yeast – a single, old 500L barrel
  • Skin Contact: 5 days
  • Aging: 12 months in a single, old 500L barrel
  • Alcohol: 13%
  • pH: 3.18
  • Total Acidity: 8.1 g/L
  • Total SO2: None added
  • Total Production: 43 cases
  • UPC: None

Tasting Notes

This Verdelho has a gentle phenolic grip that lends presence while a waxy layer coats your tongue and lingers almost indefinitely. All the while, aromas of dried apricot and Riesling-like gasoline dance in the glass. This is a wine to ponder, and certainly, to feel.

Press & Reviews

Tim Atkin, MW

92

"Any wine with a nipple on its label is going to attract people's attention, but it's the liquid in the bottle that should really turn heads. This Bot River Verdelho spent four days on stems and skins before fermentation and is something of a low-intervention style, with quince, black tea and sourdough flavours, a hint of almond paste and tangy supporting acidity."

- Tim Atkin, MW

The WineMag

92

"...grapes from Arcangeli in Bot River, juice left in contact with the skins for four days before maturation in older oak. The nose shows orange, dried apricot and a petrol-like note while the palate has snappy acidity and a lightly grippy texture, the finish deeply flavourful. Full of interest without being too esoteric."

- Christian Eedes

Producer


Deep Rooted Wines

Region


Walker Bay

Country


South Africa

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