Waterkloof Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Waterkloof, teknisk ark/fact sheet (waterkloofwines.co.za – linket fra waterkloofwines.co.za, hentet 2026-10-18): 2023 Waterkloof Waterkloof Sauvignon Blanc; druer: Sauvignon Blanc; alkohol 14%. Producentens noter (engelsk): Fact sheet: THE JOURNEY We make a wine under the Waterkloof label, only when one of our vineyard blocks on The Schapenberg offers up something extraordinary. From our first vintage up until the seventeenth there was just one such wine - Waterkloof Sauvignon Blanc. This grape variety can be divisive and we’d be inclined to agree with those who find it to be all too often, one-dimensional and incapable of developing complexity in both the glass and bottle. That being said, a few vineyards dotted around the globe seem to disrupt this theory. We have always allowed the natural circumstances of the site to steer our decision-making and ever since our first vintage in 2005, the cool, wind-ravaged, south-facing slopes of Waterkloof have always screamed out for Sauvignon Blanc. We have one particular little parcel though, which rises above the rest, providing Nadia Langenegger and her cellar team with truly exceptional grapes. It's got the lot: Oldest, highest, coldest, steepest, windiest and unsurprisingly, the lowest-yielding. So whether you love Sauvignon Blanc or think that you don’t, we encourage you to decant a bottle of Waterkloof for an hour or two and serve it with something indulgent like langoustine or crayfish. No sauces - that’s in your glass. Simplicity being the ultimate luxury. Finally, if you’d really like to test your patience and can get your hands on a case, you will find rich reward in following the journey of this wine over the course of a decade. A short film from the Waterkloof Sauvignon Blanc block - instagram.com THE VINEYARD THE CELLAR Size: 1.5 hectares (single block) Hand-picked and hand-sorted Ocean Proximity: 5km Whole bunch pressed for purest juice Altitude: 300m Wild yeast ferment in old 600l French oak barrels Exposure: South 10 months on lees without stirring Windspeed: Ferocious No additions other than sulphur Soil: Compacted Sandstone 6200 bottles made Exposure: South Farming: Organic & Regenerative with no irrigation Vine Training: Trellised (for support in wind) Yield: Grapes – 4tons/hectare Wine - 30hl/hectare THE NUMBERS Alc: 14% RS: 2.2 g/L pH: 3.32 TA: 5.6 g/L VA: 0.7 TSO2: 69 NADIA LANGENEGGER’S TASTING NOTE This elegant and vibrant Sauvignon Blanc bursts with notes of fennel and gooseberries, with a flinty hint on the nose. […]