Palladius 2020

The Sadie Family, teknisk ark (thesadiefamily.com – linket fra thesadiefamily.com, hentet 2026-10-18): 2020 The Sadie Family Palladius – område: Swartland; druer: Chenin Blanc, Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Viognier, Verdelho, Roussanne, Marsanne, Sémillon Gris, Sémillon, Palomino, Colombard; alkohol 14%. Beliggenhed ifølge arket: Paardeberg (14 vineyards) , Piketberg (1 vineyard), St Helena Bay (2 vineyards). Arket angiver ikke WO-område; området er vinmarkens beliggenhed ifølge producentens ark for 2012 («Swartland and Paardeberg Mountain»). Producentens noter (engelsk): Grapes: Chenin Blanc, Grenache Blanc, Clairette Blanche, Viognier, Verdelho, Roussanne, Marsanne, Semillon Gris, Semillon Blanc & Palomino, Colombard. Vinification: The grapes are picked across a great many vineyards and taken into our cold room on arrival at the cellar. The next day the grapes are sorted and the whole bunches go into the press. The pressing lasts 2 - 3 hours and in that period a margin of settling of the juice takes place in the collecting tank. The turbid juice is then transferred to concrete eggs of 725 litres and 400 – 1200 litre clay amphoras for the next stage of natural fermentation. The fermentation temperatures in the clay amphorae and the concrete eggs are very constant and we only control the ambient temperature at around 18 degrees throughout the season. Each wine basically ferments in its own time – in some cases it may take up to 18 months - and every vineyard is fermented in the same vessel every year. Ageing: The Palladius matures in these vessels for 12 months and is then racked off into big old foudres for an additional 12 months ageing prior to bottling. After two years the wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered.