Situated in the fertile Elgin valley, the picturesque vineyard site inspired the creation of Saurwein Chi (means life force and also stands for Chiuta, an African rain god) Off-Dry Riesling 2022. Grape origin: 60% of the blend’s fruit comes from Casey’s Ridge Vineyard, Elgin on loamy and very rocky red slate soils (Riesling clones WR110F and vineyard planted in 2011); the other 40% of the blend comes from De Rust Vineyard, Elgin on decomposed Bokkeveld Shale (Riesling clones 110 and 239 and vineyard planted in 2006). Grapes were hand-picked, cooled, then hand-sorted, destemmed and pressed. Spontaneous fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks, which lasted about 6 weeks until optimal residual sugar balance achieved at about 11.5 g/l. The wine was prepared for bottling and bottled after 3 months in tank. 6,540 bottles were produced. Bottled at 11.5%. (Bottle size 750ml)

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