Wine Composition
61% Grenache Noir, 13% Mourvèdre, 12% Syrah, 9% Grenache Blanc, 3% Roussanne, 1% Viognier, 1% Durif
Winemakers Comments
Moderate blush tones. This crowd pleasing rosé displays alluring aromas and juicy flavours of cherries and strawberry nose, followed by crispy summer fruit salad palate. The pallet is accented with delicate floral and spice nuances. The balance is perfect with a crisp, dry finish.
Vintage
2019 was a cooler vintage than the previous hot and dry years, Whilst the vineyards benefited from decent winter rainfall there were some latent stress effects from the previous year’s drought conditions. This resulted in some uneven budding and careful harvesting was necessary to achieve a total pick of optimum ripeness. Cool conditions during the early part of the ripening resulted in high acidities and low pH, resulting in wines that are fresh, precise and bright.
Technical Analysis
Alcohol Percentage
13.8%
TA
5.25 g/l
pH
3.37
RS
1.3 g/l
Cellar Techniques
All fruit is hand harvested. At the winery, fruit is gently crushed. Minimal skin contact is allowed to ensure a light blush colour. Grapes are picked across various ripeness levels in an effort to increase complexity of flavour. Fermentation happens in stainless steel at between 12 and 16 degrees Celsius, and is followed by an extended ageing on the yeast lees.
Winemaker
Name - Carl van der Merwe
Winery
DeMorgenzon, ‘the morning sun,’ was so named as it is the first part of the Stellenboschkloof valley to see the sun because of its high altitude and aspects. We cover the top southern and eastern slopes of Ribbokkop, overlooking the pinnacle of Kanonkop from where a cannon was fired to alert the farms in the region that a ship had put into Table Bay. The first road from Cape Town to Stellenbosch ran through the Stellenbosch Kloof.
In 2003 Wendy and Hylton Appelbaum bought DeMorgenzon and have since transformed DeMorgenzon into a 224-acre garden vineyard, where abundant wildflowers grow between the vines.
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