Description
CELLAR INFORMATION On the 2004 vineyard which is a Loire clone we do 100% wholebunch fermentation.
This vineyard made up 25% of the final wine. The other vineyard was 100% destemmed. The destemmed vineyard spent 10 weeks on the skins this vintage.Only one punch down was done per day. After pressing, the two parcels underwent malolactic fermentation in barrel on their own. The wines were blended together after 10 months in barrel and bottled right after. No enzymes or commercial yeast was used in making the wines. VINEYARD INFORMATION The wine is made up of two parcels,one vineyard planted in 2004 and the other in
2008. The fruit are picked and vinified separately and only blended together
before bottling. The two vineyards are planted on decomposed granite with
Koffieklip in the top layer of soil.
Reviews
Greg Sherwood 97
In 2022, 45% of the fruit was aged in concrete with the rest aged in 500 litre barrels. The wine possesses beautifully precise aromatics boasting violets, sweet cedar, pencil shavings over a melange of red cherry, cranberry and red berry rock candy notes. Intense, powerful and very focused, this is about as serious and classical as South African Cabernet Franc gets. Incredible concentration, wonderful intensity and pinpoint persistence. Wow. A real stunner. (97/100 Greg Sherwood MW) [Greg Sherwood, 01/01/2023]
JancisRobinson.com 87.5
[Jancis Robinson, 01/01/2023]
Producer Profile
Lukas van Loggerenberg’s wines have become part of the fabric of SA cult wines.
Each wine tells a story, from the hard Graft required to build a fine wine brand from nothing in Africa, the Breton, Cabernet Franc that has found a home in Stellenbosch, the 1932 Lötter Cinsault vineyard in Franschhoek that continues to produce quality grapes despite the odds, and the Kamaraderie (Camaraderie) of the SA wine industry that makes it all possible. There are more, but of the 2022 vintage we were able to procure these ethereal wines, that represent more than just an enjoyable drink, but tell a story of a year in the vines, in South Africa, and the fortitude of its maker. Allocations are small, and the wines in great demand, thus make haste
