Cyclus 2012 has been released January 20, 2015
In tune with the latest wine trends that favour white blends, we have released the 2012 vintage of Avondale’s Cyclus. Made from organically grown Viognier, Chardonnay, Roussanne, Chenin Blanc and Semillon grapes, Avondale’s Cyclus embodies Nature’s power and dynamism that is so beautifully expressed in the spiral.
The picturesque 300-hectare farm that is today known as Avondale has been under cultivation for more than 300 years. Early records show that the land was one of the first in the Paarl valley to be allocated specifically for the production of wine grapes.
In 1997, John and Ginny Grieve, owners of Vital Health Foods, purchased the Avondale as their family farm. Youngest son, Johnathan Grieve took up the challenge of transforming this long-us...
Terra Est Vita – Soil is Life
To make extraordinary wines you need an extraordinary rich web of life in the soil. At Avondale we are acutely aware that healthy balance in our vineyard eco-system, in our wines and in our own lives is dependent on first achieving healthy balance in our soil.
Avondale has 13 different soil types on our land – from cool, dark loam to decomposed granite and decomposed sandstone; from no rock to 75% rock.
...Fruits of the Vine
We grow our vines in one-hectare blocks where cultivars are matched to soil types; soils are balanced and re-mineralised according the particular block of vines’ specific nutritional needs; and blocks are irrigated separately based on their requirements. The focus of all this careful individual attention is on quality not quantity. We never pressurise our vines nor employ stressful practices to boost the vineyards’ outp...
In 2003, we designed and built an extraordinary cellar that has become a striking feature of the farm. A century-old dry riverbed provided the inspiration for an ultra-modern cellar that would be built two-storeys below ground. This enables us to make the most of the cool, ambient temperatures offered by Nature underground and so reduce the carbon footprint of our wine-making facilities. It also presented us with the advantage of having a g...
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