Columella 2024

The Sadie Family, teknisk ark (thesadiefamily.com – linket fra thesadiefamily.com, hentet 2026-10-18): 2024 The Sadie Family Columella – område: Swartland; druer: Syrah, Mourvèdre, Grenache, Carignan, Cinsault, Tinta Barroca, Pinotage; alkohol 14%. Beliggenhed ifølge arket: Paardeberg (7 vineyards), Kasteelberg (3 vineyards), Malmesbury (1 vineyard), Piquetberg (1 vineyard). Arket angiver ikke WO-område; området er vinmarkens beliggenhed ifølge producentens ark for 2012 («Swartland & Paardeberg Mountain Areas»). Producentens noter (engelsk): Grapes: Syrah, Mourvèdre, Grenache, Carignan, Cinsaut, Tinta Barocca & Pinotage. Vinification: Hand sorting of individual berries of the entire production in small “strawberry” cases. Fermentation takes place spontaneously in 3300 litre open concrete fermenters for about three weeks at a temperature of 24 °C and is then followed by a post-fermentation maceration of another three weeks. No additions are made to the fermenting wine. Pressing takes place in a traditional basket press and the wine is transferred to the barrel (10% new) for malolactic fermentation. Ageing: The wine spends 12 months on the lees in tight-grain French oak barrels, just 10% of them new, and is then racked into big oval casks (foudres) for an additional year of maturation on the fine lees. After two years the wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered.