variety : Sauvignon Blanc [ 100% Sauvignon blanc ]
winemaker : Henk du Bruyn
wine of origin : Tulbagh
analysis : alc : 12.36 % vol rs : 100 g/l pH : 3.64 ta : 5.6 g/l
type : Dessert style : Sweet taste : Fruity
pack : Bottle closure : Cork
in the vineyard : Surin is the Synonym for the desiccated sweet Sauvignon blanc, made from vineyards planted in the early 1980’s.
Soil type: Alluvial sand on layers of clay.
The stems of the Sauvignon blanc bunches were twitched with pliers at 20 – 22 balling. This technique, called desiccation, is used to dehydrate/dry out the grapes till it reaches double the sugar content, 40 balling, hence the name, Vine dried, for the style of sweet wine we made. The grapes were dried out on the vineyards for 3 – 4 weeks before being harvested
in the cellar : Pressed repetitively and worked very oxidatively, the juice were settled for 12 hours before being racked to old French oak barrels for natural fermentation, malolactic fermentation and aging The wine only aged for a year in the French oak barrels before being stabilised (not cold stabilised) and bottled.