Hemelrand Vine Garden 2025

Alheit Vineyards, factsheet (alheitvineyards.co.za – linket fra alheitvineyards.co.za, hentet 2026-10-18): 2025 Alheit Hemelrand Vine Garden – område: Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge (arket: «Hemel & Aarde Ridge (Estate Wine)»); 36% Roussanne, 27% Chardonnay, 23% Chenin Blanc, 11% Verdelho, 3% Muscat Blanc; alkohol 14%. Enkeltmark ifølge arket: Hemelrand Vine Garden. Producentens noter (engelsk): Hemelrand Vine Garden is a unique vineyard that produces a unique wine. The idea is to bottle the wine just as the vineyard produces it, effectively creating a white field blend that changes every year depending on the vintage conditions. This way we have one place expressed by a few different grapes, changing as the season dictates. The wine is always remarkable and continues to gain in stature as the vines mature. Vineyards: Hemelrand it is situated on the cold and windy Hemel & Aarde Ridge at 360 meters above sea level, on gravelly clay, and Sandstone. The vineyard was planted in 2010 to Chardonnay, Roussanne, Verdelho, Chenin blanc, and Muscat Blanc a petit grain. However, as mentioned the proportions of the different grapes produced significantly varies each vintage. Viticulturally speaking this is a marginal site, the upside of which is slow ripening with high natural acidity. Winemaking and maturation: The grapes were picked early in the morning, sorting in the vineyard, and whole bunch pressed. The juice was very lightly settled (we like very cloudy raw juice) with no additions to the raw juice, wild fermentation took place in old barrels of various sizes. Fermentation lasted for about two months. The wine was kept on lees for around 12 months, then rested in tank on fine lees without fining for a further six months prior to bottling. Very simple, careful winemaking. The name: Vine Garden aptly describes both the attention to detail in small scale viticulture on Hemelrand and the handful of grape varieties represented in the vineyard.