Rocking Horse 2018

Thorne & Daughters, teknisk ark/fact sheet (thorneanddaughters.com – linket fra thorneanddaughters.com, hentet 2026-10-18): 2018 Thorne & Daughters Rocking Horse – område: Western Cape; druer: Roussanne, Sémillon, Chardonnay, Clairette, Chenin Blanc; alkohol 13.2%. Producentens noter (engelsk): About the wine: TH E WINE 2018 was warm and dry, with little disease pressure. Water stress has been a continuous challenge over the last few years, but there is always great quality to be found in our vineyards. Our vineyard selection supports our vision to deliver a blended Cape White wine of depth, texture and subtlety. In sourcing Roussanne, Chardonnay, Semillon, Clairette blanche and Chenin blanc, we are looking for both heritage and young vineyards which all bring their own unique elements and ability to ‘speak’ about the place in which they are grown. The winemaking remains simple. Our primary challenge during the harvest is to ensure that we pick all of our far-f lung blocks at the right time and get them back to the winery in perfect condition. Once this is achieved, we revert to working with very little in the way of ‘winemaking technique’. Picking is done early and based mostly on taste with an eye on the style of the wine that we’re aiming at. We are not looking for a big alcohol expression (nor a low alcohol one for that matter) and prefer subtle wines that show ripeness, while being restrained and elegant. The grapes are whole-bunch pressed and no treatments or additions are used on the juice. This hands-off regime on the juice really helps to develop the character of the wine. The juice is then racked off the heavy solids and taken to old oak barrels of various volumes. The wines are fermented naturally, and they are allowed to then go through their subsequent malolactic fermentation. We watch them carefully for the next few months until they ‘settle down’, at which point we add some su lphur dioxide. Primary fruit is not what we are looking for here, rather we’re trying to show the underlying character of the grapes and the vineyard where they came from. 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