Swartland Red Wine 'Elpidios'

• 38% Grenache Noir, 36% Syrah, 10% Pinotage, 9% Carignan & 7% Cinsault
• Fruit sourced from granite soils from the Paardeberg, blended with structured shale/schists from the east, clay-rich soils from the north and iron mixed soils from the west
• Produced in a similar fashion to David & Nadia’s Grenache in terms of a long, gentle extraction
• Hand harvested
• Both Grenache and Syrah were fermented and matured in a concrete vessel
• The Pinotage was fermented and aged in a 4,100L foudre
• The rest of the components were fermented and matured in old 500L neutral French oak barrels
• 50% on average whole bunches then pressed off
• Bottle aged for 18 months before release

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