Riesling 'Elgin'

• 100% Riesling, planted in 2006
• West-facing slope and the densely planted vines are seated on ancient Bokkeveld shale soils; rich in clay
• Hand harvested in the early morning and chilled even further overnight
• 100% destemmed fruit before loaded by gravity into the press
• 6 hour skin contact was done in a sealed press, before gently pressed
• Two days of settling took place in concrete tanks before racked to stainless steel vessels for fermentation, which lasted 37 days
• Bottled after 5 months of lees contact, with another 13 months of bottle aging
• 1,300 bottles produced

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