Mother Rock - Chenin Blanc 2021 (750ml)
Price: $19.99
| Producer | Mother Rock |
| Country | South Africa |
| Region | South Africa |
| Varietal | Chenin Blanc |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 61419 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Mother Rock Description
All the grapes are grown from one single vineyard near Paardeberg Mountain on decomposed granite. The bush vines were planted in 1983 and dry farmed since its initial planting. Since 2014, the southwest facing vineyard has only received organic sprayings and the undervine work has been done purely by machine and not chemically.
The grapes were hand-harvested into small lug-boxes, limiting the damage to the grape in larger bins. They were harvested at different sugar levels to ensure good pH and acid from the early picking with powerful structure and aromas from riper batches. 90% of the grape juice was fermented in stainless steel at cooler temperature (57°F) while the rest was fermented in older 300L barrels. 20% of the lot was whole-bunch fermented on skins for 4 weeks in open top barriques. After nine months on the gross lees, the wine was blended and bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Zesty, with white stones and white stone fruits, some herbal hints too – a bit funk but a whole lot of fun. A thirst quenching apéritif, light and energetic – yet a powerful, intensity of fruit and minerality abounds. It will be interesting to see this wine uncoil over the next 2-3 years." - Vine Street Imports
