‘Force Celeste – Cuvée P.N.’

Pét-Nat Rosé | Swartland - South Africa

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Every vintage, this wine takes on a slightly different blend, depending on Stompie’s palate. This vintage is the opposite of 2023, being mostly Chenin Blanc with just 30% Pinotage. All the grapes are grown organically in the Swartland at the Kweperfontein farm, where the soils are mostly decomposed granite with Malmesbury shale. Vineyards are planted on south-east facing slopes with about 1,000 feet elevation and roughly 23 miles to the Atlantic Ocean. As ever, this is a quaffable, thirst-quenching zinger with character.

The fruit was hand-harvested based on taste in early January and then whole-bunch pressed to stainless steel to ferment naturally for 10 days. No oxidative handling to ensure freshness. When the sugar levels reached 25 grams/liter (ensuring four bars of pressure) the wine was transferred directly to bottle. Fermentation finished in the bottle and the wine spent four months there before release. No disgorgement, no fining, and no filtering.

Stats

Grapes: 70% Chenin Blanc - 30% Pinotage
Vineyard: Kweperfontein
Vine Age: 24-years-old
Soil Type: Decomposed granite
Viticulture: Practicing Organic – dry-farmed
Fermentation: Native – stainless steel (direct press)
Skin Contact: None - just at the press
Aging: 4 months in bottle
Alcohol: 11.5%
Residual Sugar: 1 g/L
pH: 3.8
Total Acidity: 5.2 g/L
Total SO2: 8 ppm
Total Production: 233 cases

Tasting Note

A blush-pink pour with bright notes of blood orange, passionfruit, and a hint of brioche. Snappy red currant and a savory twist make it dangerously drinkable.

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