Wine Composition
52% Sauvignon Blanc, 39% Viognier, 9% Semillon
Winemakers Comments
This blend of three cultivars combines harmoniously to produce a fresh and textured wine that has a pale straw green color and shows complex fruit aromatics of granny smith apples, peaches, apricots and pineapple. The palate is elegant with balanced texture and acidity. This is an alluring wine that is both approachable and generous in all respects.
Technical Analysis
Alcohol Percentage
14.1%
TA
6.65 g/l
pH
3.07
RS
2.39 g/l
Cellar Techniques
Early morning harvesting, with gentle pressing and settling on juice. Cold fermentations conducted at 12 degrees, in order to preserve aromatics on each batch. Each of the cultivars in the blend were vinified separately with blending occurring prior to bottling and with most lots seeing gross lees contact in excess of 4 months.
Winemaker
Name: Dustin Osborne
Winery
Sir Richard Branson’s love for the African continent and finer things in life lured him to the Western Cape Province and Mont Rochelle. His stunning 26-bedroom hotel and vineyard is just under an hour’s drive from Cape Town in the town of Franschhoek in South Africa.
There, in the food and wine capital, guests can unwind and make themselves at home while dining on healthy and locally sourced cuisine, tasting superb shiraz and chardonnay in the 150-year-old cellar, and exploring the rolling vineyards and well-tended grounds in one of the world’s most bucolic settings.
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