The grapes are hand-selected from a single row of Petit Verdot, planted on a Western ridge of the Southern slope of the Franschhoek valley at 360m.
Slowly fermented and macerated in an open 500L oak vat for 24 days. A Free-Run cuvée was collected by basket-press and matured for 19 months in a single, aged 228L French oak barrel.
Vinified by gravity flow and bottled by hand, unfined and unfiltered.
Only 285 bottles were produced.
The Petit Verdot grapes are selected from a single row, grown on the South-facing slope of the Franschhoek Valley.
Grapes are selectively harvested by hand from both sides of the row – this provides a component of ripeness and acidity.
The grapes are lightly crushed before co-inoculated fermentation and maceration in an open 500L oak vat. The fermentation is cooled, kept below 16 degrees Celsius and extended over three weeks. The skin cap is punched down by hand multiple times a day during this period.
A Free-Run cuveé was collected through a basket press and then matured in a single 228L French oak barrel for 19 months.
Vinified exclusively through gravity-flow. Bottled by hand, un-fined and unfiltered.
Only 285 bottles produced.
Alcohol % v/v : 14.3 %
R.S = 1.1 g/L
T.A = 5.3 g/L
pH = 3.45