Pinot Gris 2024

Craven Wines, teknisk ark/fact sheet (cravenwines.com – linket fra cravenwines.com, hentet 2026-10-18): 2024 Craven Wines Pinot Gris – område: Stellenbosch; 100% Pinot Gris; alkohol 12.9%. Producentens noter (engelsk): Om vinen: Pinot Gris isn't exactly an abundant grape planted in Stellenbosch, but it is something we have a lot of fun working with. Although a lot of the wine drinking world think and assume it is a 'white grape', it is in fact a lovely coppery/dark rose skinned grape. With this being the case, we just can't waste that colour and delicious flavour trapped in the skins, so we ferment this wine like a red. This year we decided to make 2 picks at harvest time. The earlier pick to help maintain acidity in a low acid year and the second pick, some 7 days later, to add more texture and depth. The grapes were destemmed into concrete tanks for fermentation and given a light pump over once a day for gentle extraction of the lovely rose-coloured hue and chalky tannin. Both picks were fermented separately on skins for 7 days and then pressed off and blended together. The wine was then placed back in concrete vessels for 6 months of aging. Producentens noter (engelsk): Vineyard: Newlands