De Krans Cape Vintage 2023 - 6 x 750ml Bottles

Vineyards

Portuguese varieties where planted in Calitzdorp during the late 1970’s with Tinta Barocca being the first to find its way to the Klein Karoo. Now Calitzdorp is known as South Africa’s Port Capital with these varieties leading the way. Thirty-year old vines are planted in shallow Karoo sand/clay on Buffelsvlei. Vines are trellised and micro irrigated.

Winemaking

Selected blocks are handpicked mid to late February at 26o Balling. Bunches are destemmed,crushed and rapidly cooled in an open fermenter. Grapes are left to spontaneously start fermenting. Later the skins are pressed, the juice separated and at desired sugar levels, fermentation is stopped by adding alcohol to the juice. The wine spends 12 months in concrete tanks before it is left to mature for a further 10 months in 30 to 40-year-old small 300 liter barrels.