Sadie Family Skurfberg Chenin Blanc 2023

Sadie Family Skurfberg 2023

Vineyards

Citrusdal Mountain, Swartland

Winemaking and Maturation

The grapes are picked in small 20kg picking crates and then placed in a cooling room to reduce the temperature. We consider this an essential step in the Swartland where temperatures are often 35 degrees and more during harvest time; and pressing warm grapes comes with a series of potential challenges. The cooling process is followed up by whole bunch pressing. The juice is then transferred to two older foudres where it is left undisturbed until natural fermentation starts. The fermentation process can sometimes take up to 10 or more days to initiate and can last anything from 1 to 6 months.

We add about 50ppm of sulphur 2 weeks prior to bottling and bottle directly from the cask.

Tasting Notes

This 2023 vintage of Skurfberg displays radiant, bright stone fruit with fresh peach skin and Granny Smith apple and guava aromas. It is again a great compact and viscus expression of Chenin Blanc, and the mineral expression, power, and depth are very much the same as they have been over the past three vintages. The tannins are smooth, and the acidity is perfectly nestled between the fruit and the tannin.

Technical Details

Composition: Chenin Blanc