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  • Country ranking ?

    68
  • Producer ranking ?

    3
  • Decanting time

    20min
  • When to drink

    Now-2060
  • Food Pairing

    Meditation wine

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The Story

Varietal: 100% Chenin Blanc

Wine of Origin: Swartland

Winemaking: Grapes were hand-harvested at normal ripeness level of 23° Brix and then left to dry in the shade outdoors (similar to how we dry the grapes for our Mullineux Straw Wine). This allowed moisture to evaporate naturally from the berries, concentrating sugars, acids and flavour. For this wine we let the grapes dry for an extended period to super-concentrate the sugars and acid...

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Wine Information

Production: 696 bottles (250ml)

Alcohol: 5%-

Residual Sugar: 610 g/l

Total Acidity: 14 g/l

pH 3.3

Bottling Date: 16th January 2017

Vineyard Details: Grapes for our 2012 Essence were sourced from one parcel of 33 year-old Chenin Blanc planted in the stony Shale and Schist based soils of the Kasteelberg, and one parcel of 40+ year-old dry land, bush vine Chenin Blanc grown in the decomposed Granite of the Paardeberg. These are ...

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Origin

Franschhoek, Swartland

Grapes

100% Chenin Blanc

Drinking temperature

9-11C
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