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Sakkie Mouton Vloedvlak Colombar 2022

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Sakkie Mouton, Vloedvlak Colombar, 2022, Koekenaap, West Coast, South Africa. 100% Colombar. Lifted aromas of lily, jasmine and bamboo. On the palate tight and linear, that is characteristically saline with Quince, Pear and Citrus. This wine is built to last with a lovely phenolic grip thus should only improve with age.

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Sakkie Mouton Vloedvlak Colombar 2022

Vineyards

Vloedvlak 2022 – 100% Colombar. Old Vine vineyards planted in 1978 on the Dwarsdeur Estate, Vredendal .

Winemaking and Maturation

Grapes were hand harvested early in the morning and cooled overnight. Whole bunch pressed the next morning and settled for twelve hours without any addition of enzymes. The clear juice is racked off and taken to 3rd and 4th fill 500L barrels and batch fermented in stainless steel.

Natural fermentation ensued for four weeks. After fermentation was completed the lees was regularly stirred once a week for four months.

Post-fermentation carried out over a period of eight months on the gross lees before being bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Tasting Notes:

Lifted aromas of lily, jasmine and bamboo. On the palate tight and linear, that is characteristically saline with Quince, Pear and Citrus. This wine is built to last with a lovely phenolic grip thus should only improve with age.

Technical Details

Alc 12.5 | TA 8.2 | RS 1.0 | pH 3.12

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