Medium bodied, with luscious aromas of white peach and orange blossom, this wine is soft and gentle on the palate showing all the rich vibrancy of a typical viognier with a fresh and deliciously lingering aftertaste.

 

Hand picked at 23.5 degrees balling, 7.5 tons of Viognier grapes were hand sorted before being crushed, de-stemmed and gently pumped into a membrane press along with some dry ice. Left to settle for 24 hours, the ‘must’ was then inoculated with a Rhone yeast and fermented at between 14-17 degrees Celsius for 5 days.

WINE & VINTAGE         “Rockwater Fountain” 2008

VARIETIES                     100% Viognier  

APPELLATION               Stellenbosch

YIELD                              7.5 tons / hectare

AGE OF VINES              9 years

PLANTING                      Trelissed and  irrigated, 2,800 vines per hectare

SOIL                                 Hutton & sand on granite

ANALYSIS                      Alc. 14.54%         TA       6.2g/l              ph 3.49           RS 2.3g/l             FSO2 36mg/l       TSO2 125mg/l           VA 0.5            TE 28g

MATURATION                10% new French oak / 90% tank

PRODUCTION               1000 (6 x 750ml.) cases