Tamboerskloof, Viognier, 2016

Beskrivelse

Kleinood placeret I Helderberg området nær ved Stellenbosch.
Området er opvarmet om dagen og har kolde nætter. Druerne er plantet 172 – 198 meters over havet.
Dette er toppen af poppen og noget af det bedste jeg nogensinde har smagt.
Navnet Tamboerskloof kommer fra Valley (kloof) og trommer (tamboer)
A white-gold colored Viognier with green apple, limes, almond blossom, tropical fruit and frangipani aromas on the nose.
On the palate the wine has a luscious entry of vanilla blossom, pear and peach pip and citrus flavours and ends with a smooth finish.
Chill to 14 ̊C and open 30 minutes prior to serving.
Foods with light to medium spice as well as selected seafood and fowl.
Our Viognier was handpicked on four different dates to obtain the full flavour spectrum of the grape.
The Roussanne was picked on the 10th of February along with a batch of the Viognier and hand-sorted before being de-stemmed into the stainless-steel basket-press.
To ensure early blending, the varieties were co-fermented.
The juice was then settled overnight and fermented for twenty days with indigenous yeasts at a temperature of 15°C.
30% of this wine was fermented in 4th & 5th fill French oak 300L barrels and 70% in stainless steel.
The wine was stirred for a four-week period after fermentation, forcing the fine lees into suspension, creating this wine’s rich mouth feel.

Accolades

• Wine Advocate, eRobertParker.com – Neal Martin (91/100 points)
• Tim Atkin, South Africa Report (91/100 points)
• 4 stars in the John Platter Wine Guide

Antal pr. colli:	6 flasker
Bedømmelse af årgangen:
Vinifikation:
Alkohol:	13,0%
Syre:	5,0 gr. pr. liter
Restsukker:	1,9 gr. pr. liter