variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]
winemaker : Dustin Osborne
wine of origin :
analysis : alc : 15.0 % vol rs : 2.5 g/l pH : 3.49 ta : 5.7 g/l va : 0.45 g/l so2 : 146 mg/l fso2 : 47 mg/l
type : Rose style : Dry body : Medium taste : Fruity
pack : 0 size : 0 closure : 0
in the vineyard :
This is the runner up vintage of the highly successful 2012 Pinotage Blanc debut which was produced in limited quantities.
Clone: PI48A
Soil: Decomposed Granite (Hutton, Clovelly Soils)
Rootstock: Richter 99
Orientation: South East Facing
Planted: 1998
Altitude: 110-160m above sea level
Hectare: 4.37 ha
in the cellar : The white juice for the wines was drawn of a wine destined for our classic red Pinotage production. Once the hand-harvested grapes reached the cellar, they were destemmed, crushed and pumped to our pneumatic press by gravity flow. Very limited time span on its blue skins resulted in a white wine with a tinge of copper, a charming ‘blush’. The wine was settled and fermented (selected cultured yeasts and spontaneous fermentation) in stainless steel to optimize freshness and fruit. The lightly pressed juice was fermented at 12°C order to slow the fermentation down and preserve fresh clean fruits. Post fermentation, the wine was on gross lees for 5 months. Battonage of the tank occurred twice a week for the first 2 months. Ultimately, the wine received a very slight carbon fining and was then bottled with very coarse filtration, to optimize the aromatics and structure of this impressive Blanc de Noir.