The Kortpad has always been an intriguing wine, made with 100% Fernao Pires from old, unirrigated bush vines, grown in Swartland. This is a blend of 4 different pickings of the same vineyard. An early fresh component, 2 optimum ripe batches and then a later pungent ripe one. 100% Fernao Pires a.k.a Maria Gomez. The grapes were picked at different ripeness levels in 4 pickings and cooled overnight to 4 degrees celsius. The next morning the grapes were handled in different ways. Some de-stemmed and pressed, some de-stemmed with a few hours of skin contact – then pressed, some fermented as whole clusters and some as de-stemmed on the skin fermentation. Fermented and aged in various vessels, French oak (nothing new) and amphora after which it spent 10 months on the leese and was then blended and bottled.

ANALYSIS: Alc 13.5% | VA: 0.70 g/l | RS: 2.9 g/l|| pH: 3.38