Paper Kite 2018

Thorne & Daughters, teknisk ark/fact sheet (thorneanddaughters.com – linket fra thorneanddaughters.com, hentet 2026-10-18): 2018 Thorne & Daughters Paper Kite – område: Western Cape; druer: Sémillon, Sémillon Gris; alkohol 13.4%. Producentens noter (engelsk): About the wine: TH E WINE The 2018 vintage saw the Western Cape very much in the grip of a long drought, and the challenge was to pick the grapes early enough to retain what acidity was available, while still allowi ng them to ripen sufficient ly. Being a hot, dry and early harvest meant that the grapes were extremely clean and healthy, with great concentration. Semillon, especially from these old clone vineyards, has come to epitomise what we are seeking in our wines. It provides us with wines of texture and depth, with none of the facile primary characteristics that we see in so many modern clones. As with all of our wines, the winemaking is incredibly simple, as we have no desire to stand between the vineyard and its expression as a wine in the glass. The grapes are whole-bunch pressed in an old basket press and there are no additions of sulphur dioxide made on the juice. A rough settling follows pressing after which the wines undergo natural alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in old oak barrels. We add some sulphur dioxide late in the winter, and then again at bottling, keeping the level of sulphur dioxide very low in the wine. The wines are bottled without fining and filtration to provide as natural an expression of old vines Semillon as possible. Th o r n e & D a u g h t e r s hello@thorneanddaughters.com • www.thorneanddaughters.com Raising our handcrafted wines along with our two Daughters