IN THE VINEYARD
The hand-selected fruit was harvested from dryland vineyards in theSwartland. The Shiraz is from a vineyard planted on oakleaf and koffieklip soil in 2001. The Mourvèdre and Petite Sirah were planted in 2002, mainly on oakleaf soil. The Grenache planted in 2006 on well drained decomposed granite soils.
HARVEST DATE
Mid-March 2015
WINEMAKING
Spice Route Malabar 2015 is a blend of scrupulously sorted vineyards, vinified and matured individually in Spice Route Winery’s dedicated Malabar cellar at Klein Amoskuil. The fruit was hand-harvested early in the morning into small lug boxes. After a bunch selection, the individual berries were hand-sorted over a sorting table and fermented in open oak fermenters (foudres), punching down the skins manually to give more structure to the final wine. After fermentation,the individual components were transferred to French oak barrels for 12 months. Only the best of these barrels was selected, then blended and returned to seasoned barrels for a further 10 months maturation.The wine was bottled without filtration and left to mature in the bottle for 2 years before release.
