Description
This Rhône-style Shiraz showcases aromas of white pepper, plums, and cassis on the nose, which follow through with a rich, textured palate. The new oak plays a supportive role, adding hints of pencil shavings and oak spice while respecting and enhancing the fruit profile. The result is a well-balanced wine that beautifully harmonizes the bold fruit characteristics with subtle oak influences.
The Shiraz grapes were harvested in March 2018 and then fermented in concrete open casks, some French oak barrels and stainless-steel tanks. For the first two-thirds of the fermentation period, they punched down the wine up to five times per day for optimal extraction, and for the remaining time, they did gentle pump-overs. They then left it on the skins for 21 days of post- fermentation maceration before pressing took place. Thereafter, malolactic fermentation took place in barrels for optimal oak integration.
Winemaker: Schalk Opperman
Winemaker: Schalk Opperman
Approaching the estate on a winding road through canopies of trees in the Knorhoek Valley, quite suddenly you are there, the Simonsberg mountains and hectares of vineyards both focusing and reframing your view but still, the estate keeps its full story a secret. It is a magical step-by-step revelation that changes with the seasons and the time of day. In the months that are filled with the promise of summer, the driveway is an extended wall of pale pink roses, the ancient varietal revelling in the Stellenbosch heat. And there are more varietals that colour-pop against the vineyard greens. Pink, cerise, scarlet, white, lilac, apricot and butter yellow… the family patriarch Vitaly Gaiduk’s passion for the rose – second only to exceptional wine - is evident everywhere. It is one of your first visual gifts on arrival at Quoin Rock.
* Prior vintage described.
