Pale green in appearance, the wine displays complex herbal aromas with lifted fruit notes of lime and kiwi fruit. Flavors of ripe grapefruit and mint are supported by fine, chalky texture, providing the palate with delicious length.
Grapes were gently de-stemmed and lightly pressed, and the juice was treated carefully with minimal exposure to oxygen. It was cold settled overnight without the use of enzymes, then inoculated with selected yeasts to preserve fruit flavors during fermentation. A long cool fermentation was followed by extended time on the lees, with periodic lees stirring to ensure texture and flavor marriage.
Winemaker: Alastair Rimmer
Winemaker: Alastair Rimmer
De Morgenzon, ‘the morning sun,’ was so named, as it is the first part of the Stellenbosch Kloof Valley to see the sun, due to its high altitude and aspects. De Morgenzon covers the top southern and eastern slopes of Ribbokkop, overlooking the pinnacle of Kanonkop, where historically, a cannon was fired to alert the farms in the region that a ship had docked in Table Bay. The first road from Cape Town to Stellenbosch ran through the Stellenbosch Kloof.
In 2003 Wendy and Hylton Appelbaum bought De Morgenzon and have since transformed De Morgenzon into a 224-acre garden vineyard, where abundant wildflowers grow between the vines.
In 2003 Wendy and Hylton Appelbaum bought De Morgenzon and have since transformed De Morgenzon into a 224-acre garden vineyard, where abundant wildflowers grow between the vines.
