The Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction 2022
Live Virtual Auction, 30 September - 1 October 2022
Cape Winemakers Guild Friday, 30 September
About this Item
“The thing that really interests me with wine is starting from scratch with the bare earth and designing a wine from the ground up.” - David Trafford
100% Chenin Blanc
A 39-year-old bush vine block on the top of the Bottelary Hills on crumbly shale soil. Picked in the cool early morning and lightly squashed and left for a couple of hours skin contact before pressing in a traditional wooden basket press and barrel fermented in neutral oak. Matured for 10 months and the best 400 litre barrel was selected for this auction wine. No yeast or acid added, and the wine was bottled unfiltered.
Tasting Notes: Deep, vibrant straw colour. Still rather closed and takes a while to evolve in the glass. Dense mineral fruit on the palate. A wine that will unfurl over many years.
Ready for drinking in 2023.
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Case Size: 6 x 750 ml
Total Quantity Cases Produced: 90
Quantity Cases on offer for this Auction: 50
Alc: 13.8
RS: 1.7
TA: 5.9
pH: 3.34
Notes
Friday, 30 September Session
Lot 173: 12 bottles
Lot 174: 12 bottles
Lot 175: 12 bottles
Lot 176: 24 bottles
Lot 177: 24 bottles
Saturday, 01 October Session
Lot 485: 12 bottles
Lot 486: 12 bottles
Lot 487: 24 bottles
Lot 488: 24 bottles
Lot 489: 36 bottles
Lot 490: 36 bottles
Lot 491: 36 bottles
Lot 492: 36 bottles
Provenance
Wine of Origin: Stellenbosch
Winemaker: David Trafford