Description

Toasty nose with hints of dried fruit. Herbaceous on the palate with peas and asparagus. A well-hidden acidity, with a full mid-palate. Round, rich and savoury with a lingering finish.

The De Grendel Koetshuis Sauvignon Blanc was so named because the grapes used to make this wine are grown in the vineyard that sprawls out right next to the old coach house (‘koetshuis’ in Afrikaans) where the wagons of days gone by were once kept.

This wine calls for food with a weightier palate such as Chicken Saltimbocca, pork schnitzel with a cream sauce or simple gnocchi with burnt sage butter.

Serve at 7-9 Deg.

Enjoy now through to 2027.

Analysis : RS:1.5g/l – pH: 3.52 – TA: 6.1 g/l – Alc: 13.28%

Vinification : With Lutzville and Darling batches being vinified individually for blending at a later stage, the handpicked grapes were crushed and allowed extended skin contact for approximately 6 hours before the juice was racked and settled for inoculation and fermentation in stainless steel tanks. Approximately 10% of the juice was fermented in seasoned French Oak barrels, where it was kept on the fine lees for 100 days. Finally, the portions were blended for flavour, depth, and complexity before being protein stabilised, cold stabilised and bottled.