in the vineyard : The 2009 vintage was one of the most exciting in the sense that we used our own cellar for the first time and all the grapes were sourced from the Bot River Valley. Weather wise it was up and down promising to be a very cool vintage but ultimately ending quite hot. We picked over a full month which had never happened before. This produced a wine that was bold but had the resultant spice of a cooler vintage. It was also the first time we had a proper crop from our young block.
Grapes were sourced from three vineyard sites:
Bot River, Luddite old block clone 9C harvested on 24th February 2009
Bot River, Ou Meul harvested on 25th February 2009
Bot River, Luddite young block mixed clones harvested on 1st March 2009
Bot River, Luddite young block clone 5A harvested on the 12th March 2009
Bot River, Gabrielskloof harvested on the 12th March 2009
Bot River, Luddite old block clone 1A harvested on 25th March 2009