The Dar k Side of the Vine Semillion
R450,00
This vine was born in 1905. It has seen it all, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Through droughts, floods and conflict it has stuck to its task of producing great grapes to make great wine. Years of production have taught it when to up production and when to hold back.
We think Semillion is a red grape dressed up in white wine clothing, it even produces a handful of red grapes on each vine, and should be treated as such. This is not a wine for quaffing and wasting on your closest 100 friends. No this is for small groups of like minded people with an unbridled passion for wine.
Tasting Notes
The wine displays a wonderfully intense aromatic nose with sensational lemon and lime zest and perfume. It unfurls wave upon wave of lemon confit, fresh peach juice, dried herbs, crushed walnut, nutmeg, tangerine peel, wet stones and dry thatch nuances. The palate is beautifully full and fleshy, almost unctuous but framed with the most delicious piercing, mouth-watering acidity. Super concentrated and broad but profoundly sensual and textural, the wine finishes with pure white citrus, black currant leaf and yellow tropical fruit candy notes. Drink now or age for 8 to 10+ years.
Technical Stuff
- Vintage: 2023
- Harvest date: February 2023
- Bottling date: 18 March 2023
- Wine of Origin: 100% Franschhoek
- Production: 722 x 750ml
- Alcohol: 11.98%vol.
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Black Elephant Vintners |
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