FIELD BLEND 2022
Awards
Platter’s Wine Guide 2024:
4 Stars “Bright acid & sweetly ripe stone fruit, lees fatness from 9 months in oak.”
Summary
Wine of Origin: Franschhoek
Varietal(s): 60% Chenin Blanc, 30% Grenache Blanc, 10% Roussanne
Style: Dry
Tasting notes
Notes of stone fruit, fresh apple, orange peel, honey and aniseed.
Winemaking
Traditional field blend, all varieties picked from the same block on the same morning.
100% whole bunch press. Natural fermentation in 500L barrels.
Production
1800 bottles
Analysis
Alc: 13.5%
Total Sulphur: 90 mg/L
Total Acid: 6.18 g/L
pH: 3.21
Residual sugar: 1.71g/L
Maturation
Time in oak: 9 months
New oak: 0% (4th fill barrels)
Vineyard Details
Block size: 1ha
Yield: 8 tonnes per ha
Block profile: Grown as one block on the banks of the Franschhoek River. Sandy alluvial soils.
Vines planted: 2015
Irrigation: No
Grown by: Stanley T.
Platter’s Wine Guide 2024:
4 Stars “Bright acid & sweetly ripe stone fruit, lees fatness from 9 months in oak.”
Summary
Wine of Origin: Franschhoek
Varietal(s): 60% Chenin Blanc, 30% Grenache Blanc, 10% Roussanne
Style: Dry
Tasting notes
Notes of stone fruit, fresh apple, orange peel, honey and aniseed.
Winemaking
Traditional field blend, all varieties picked from the same block on the same morning.
100% whole bunch press. Natural fermentation in 500L barrels.
Production
1800 bottles
Analysis
Alc: 13.5%
Total Sulphur: 90 mg/L
Total Acid: 6.18 g/L
pH: 3.21
Residual sugar: 1.71g/L
Maturation
Time in oak: 9 months
New oak: 0% (4th fill barrels)
Vineyard Details
Block size: 1ha
Yield: 8 tonnes per ha
Block profile: Grown as one block on the banks of the Franschhoek River. Sandy alluvial soils.
Vines planted: 2015
Irrigation: No
Grown by: Stanley T.