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Sakkie Mouton Family Wines

2022

‘Sand Erf’

Vermentino   |   Koekenaap - South Africa
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About

It’s pretty uncommon to see Vermentino as a single-varietal bottling out of South Africa, but here, Sakkie does the grape justice with an exquisitely named wine. (Here’s your vocabulary tidbit of the day: an ‘erf’ is a plot of land usually about half an acre in size). The Vermentino is sourced from a small patch of vines (about, say, the size of an erf) planted on nematode-resistant Ramsey rootstocks in the sandy soils of Koekenaap, just 10 miles from the chilly Atlantic Ocean. Sakkie’s signature style is evident in this wine with its distinct maritime character. The label is also uniquely branded, depicting Sakkie’s grandfather playing his guitar like an Afrikaans Johnny Cash in front of their old farmhouse in 1966, which we suspect was also grown on a sand erf. We could say ‘erf’ all day long. Erf.

The 2022 Sand Erf was harvested in two separate parcels, one seeing 12 hours of skin contact before pressing. After one month of spontaneous fermentation, the wine was placed in 4th-fill 300L barrels for five months of aging with regular lees stirring. The only addition is a touch of sulfur; no fining or filtering.

Stats

  • Grapes: 100% Vermentino
  • Vineyard: Koekenaap
  • Vine Age: 6-years-old
  • Soil Type: Decomposed sandstone
  • Viticulture: Sustainable
  • Fermentation: Native — old barrels
  • Skin Contact: 12 hours (50% of the lot)
  • Aging: 5 months in 300L 4th-fill barrels
  • Alcohol: 11.8%
  • Residual Sugar: 2.1 g/L
  • pH: 3.4
  • Total Acidity: 6.5 g/L
  • Total SO2: 110 ppm
  • Total Production: 33 cases
  • UPC: None

Tasting Notes

Rock candy scents open the nose, leading to crisp green pear, peach kernels, white blossoms, and lime peel flavors. The palate is balanced with intense briny saltiness and fleshy weight from skin contact. Fresh and precise, the finish evokes the rugged and windy coastal terroir from which the wine originates.

Press & Reviews

Platter's Guide

93

"From rare-in-SA vermentino; half wholebunch, half skin contact 12 hours, on lees 6 months. 2022 unusual array of scents & flavours, Bosc pear & kelp, a smoky note, with similar racy acidity to others in the range, a vibrating core to keep it youthful for many years."

- Christine Rudman

Producer


Sakkie Mouton Family Wines

Region


Koekenaap

Country


South Africa

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