APPELLATION
Bot River

GRAPES
100% Sauvignon Blanc

ALCOHOL LEVEL
13.5% vol.

BOTTLE SIZE
750 ml x 6

TYPE OF SOIL
Sandstone and clay.

TRAINING SYSTEM
Five-wire lengthened Perold.

PLANT DENSITY
2346 vines per hectare.

YIELD
9.264 tons per hectare.

VINIFICATION AND AGEING
Average sugar at harvest: 21.5 – 22.5°Balling (Brix) / 97 °Oe / 19.4 °KMW. The grapes were handpicked during the picking window of the 1st and 5th of February and kept overnight at 12 °Celsius. After the grapes are carefully sorted, de-stemmed and gently pressed, strictly reductive winemaking practices takes place to preserve the flavour characteristics. Settling for two days at 10°C, natural fermentation is then induced at a temperature of 11 to 12°C after the racking from the lees. When the alcoholic fermentation is completed the wine is left on the fine lees for 3 months before it was bottled on the 10th of June 2016