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.