Wine Composition

59% Grenache Noir, 27% Mourvèdre, 7% Shiraz, 7% Tempranillo

Winemakers Comments

Cheerful but seriously structured is our blend of 59% Grenache from Wellington, 27% Mourvèdre, 7% Shiraz and 7% Tempranillo. Lightly oaked, tannins.

Technical Analysis

Alcohol Percentage

14.5%

TA

5.6 g/l

pH

3.4

RS

1.9g/l

Vinification

They ferment all their wines wild. Their red wines are fermented in old open concrete tanks with manual punchdowns and matured in concrete eggs, French oak foudres and barrels. They work mainly with Mediterranean varietals, (old) bush vines and besides their own grapes, they also source grapes from Wellington, Swartland and Stellenbosch.

Winemaker

Neil Marais

Winery

Tempel Wines is home to high-quality, hand-crafted wines. Their philosophy is to let the grapes do the talking – they create modern wines that reflect the character and soul of the region. As 80% of their wines are made on the field, they take great care to select only the best cultivars and rootstocks given the climatological circumstances and different soils at their vineyards.

They try and keep farming as natural as possible to maintain the best quality in the end products.