Skurfberg 2019

The Sadie Family, teknisk ark (thesadiefamily.com – linket fra thesadiefamily.com, hentet 2026-10-18): 2019 The Sadie Family Skurfberg – område: Citrusdal Mountain; 100% Chenin Blanc; alkohol 14%. Beliggenhed ifølge arket: Citrusdal Mountains – Olifantsrivier region. Arket angiver ikke WO-område; området er vinmarkens beliggenhed ifølge producentens ark for 2025 («Citrusdal Mountain»). Producentens noter (engelsk): Grapes: Chenin Blanc. Vinification: The grapes are picked in small 20kg picking crates and then placed in a cooling room to reduce the temperature. We consider this an essential step in the Swartland where temperatures are often 35 degrees and more during harvest time; and pressing warm grapes comes with a series of potential challenges. The cooling process is followed up by whole bunch pressing. The process takes about 3 hours and during this time there is a margin of settling of the juice in the collecting tank. The juice is then transferred to two older foudres where it is left undisturbed until natural fermentation starts. The fermentation process can sometimes take up to 10 or more days to initiate and can last anything from 1 to 6 months, sometimes only finishing during the next spring, by which time the malolactic fermentation would often have come to completion as well. Ageing: The wine is left in cask on the fermentation lees for 12 months and we bottle from the lees. We add about 50ppm of sulphur 2 weeks prior to bottling and bottle directly from the cask.