De Morgenzon - DMZ Rose, Stellenbosch - 2020 (750ml)

Wine Composition

47% Grenache Noir, 28% Mourvèdre, 13% Syrah, 10% Grenache Blanc, 2% Viognier

Winemakers Comments

Pale blush in color, this serious Mediterranean styled Rosé is packed with summer fruit and floral aroma.The finely balanced palate displays fresh acidity, chalky texture and a mouth-watering, savory finish.

Vintage

On the back of a cold and wet winter, the 2020 growing season began very early,  with  homogenous  budburst  and  even  shoot  growth.  Summer  was relatively mild, without the heatwaves often experienced in the Cape. The resultant   crop   retained   high   levels   of   natural   acidity   and   abundant concentration  of  flavour.  Particularly  exceptional  are  the  white  and  red wines  of  2020,  whilst  the  reds  display  early  promise  thanks  to  intense colour and tannin concentration.

Technical Analysis

Alcohol Percentage 

13.34%

TA

4.9 g/l

pH 

3.42

RS

1.6 g/l

Cellar Techniques

Hand harvested fruit is gently crushed, then immediately pressed to avoid excessive  colour  extraction.    Cold  fermentation  takes  place  in  stainless steel tanks, followed by a minimum of 10 months ageing on the yeast lees before bottling preparations commence. 

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.