Vineyard Notes: Our 2024 Old Vines White continues the marriage of old vine Chenin Blanc with Mediterranean varieties planted on the Granite-, Schist- and Iron-based soils of the Swartland. The incredible texture and backbone of the blend is brought by low yielding old-vine Chenin Blanc grown on all these soils. The Clairette Blanche and Grenache Blanc add layers of salinity and freshness, and its opulent fragrance is from the Viognier, Semillon Gris and Verdelho. These vineyards are up to sixty-eight years old, and all sustainably farmed. Production Notes: Pressed whole-bunch, the juice is then racked to barrel for fermentation with indigenous yeasts, and lasts up to 10 weeks. The wine is left on its lees without additional sulphur until spring. During this time the wine finished malolactic fermentation. The barrels are racked and blended just before the following vintage and the wine is bottled unfiltered.
