From a special dry-farmed heritage vineyard on the slopes of the Bottelary Hills. A couple of days before harvest winemaker Kayleigh goes out into the vineyard and cultures a natural “pied de cuve” which she describes as: “Basically a yeast “bomb” made up from all the ambient yeast in the vineyards”, to kick start fermentation. The wine has a pithy electricity, over pure tropical fruit reflecting the cool site and character of the 35 year old vines.
Stellenbosch
Bottelary
Colombard:
Maritime
Sandy decomposed granite
Sustainable with Integrated Production of Wine (IPW) Certification
400 metres
Pied de cuve from the vineyard in tank then neutral oak
7 months neutral 400 and 500 litre French oak