SA X TRAIL 'Sunday Braai by the Pool with you Fam' Red
Details
Aromas of menthol, cherries and marzipan. A touch of strawberry jam. Light with slight astringency and bitterness and full strawberry on the palate.
Clairette Blanche was hand harvested from the Roodeberg Vineyard in the Breedekloof wine region of South Africa. Vines were planted in 1988. The soils are sand and stone, white rock. Destemmed and fermented with punchdowns twice daily. Pressed in a basket press after 9 days. Pinotage was fermented using carbonic maceration. Pressed Clairette Blanche was put ontop of the grapes to get fermentation started. The pinotage was pressed after 8 days fermenting. Put to neutral barrel to age for a few months.
Vineyards: Silkbush Vineyard + Roodeberg Vineyard
55% Pinotage, 45% Clairette Blanche
12.5% alc./vol. / 1.5g/L RS
100% wild fermentation, coarse filtration only
160 cases produced
SA X TRAIL 'Sunday Braai by the Pool with you Fam' Red
Details
Aromas of menthol, cherries and marzipan. A touch of strawberry jam. Light with slight astringency and bitterness and full strawberry on the palate.
Clairette Blanche was hand harvested from the Roodeberg Vineyard in the Breedekloof wine region of South Africa. Vines were planted in 1988. The soils are sand and stone, white rock. Destemmed and fermented with punchdowns twice daily. Pressed in a basket press after 9 days. Pinotage was fermented using carbonic maceration. Pressed Clairette Blanche was put ontop of the grapes to get fermentation started. The pinotage was pressed after 8 days fermenting. Put to neutral barrel to age for a few months.
Vineyards: Silkbush Vineyard + Roodeberg Vineyard
55% Pinotage, 45% Clairette Blanche
12.5% alc./vol. / 1.5g/L RS
100% wild fermentation, coarse filtration only
160 cases produced
