Light yellow colour. So many flavours compressed into one wine. Fine lime, dried peach skin, guava roll, lemon mint and a hint of fynbos honey. A taut, refined palate. Layers of flavours with a fresh lemon zest and dried apricot skin finish and creamy complexity from extended lees contact in barrels. Drink now to 2032. Ideal with most fish, seafood, poultry and some vegetarian dishes.
Grapes lightly crushed and allowed about 2 hours skin contact before gently pressing in a traditional basket press. Sulphur added and natural settling allowed for 2 days before. 100% Barrel fermentation with natural yeasts. All the wine was fermented and matured in 225ℓ, 400ℓ and 700ℓ casks for 8 months with lees stirred as necessary to complete fermentation. 10% new French oak used. Partial malolactic fermentation. Lightly fined with bentonite – a natural clay. Bottled unfiltered on the property by hand.
Winemaker : David Trafford
Winemaker : David Trafford
With an international reputation for excellence, the South African De Trafford Winery is situated on the beautiful Mont Fleur farm set at the top of a dramatic valley above Stellenbosch, 380m up between the Stellenbosch and Helderberg mountains.
