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HermanuspietersfonteinDie Bartho White Blend 2014 (R83.16 per Bottle, 6 Bottles)

R499

Retail: R750
Not for sale to persons under the age of 18
About

First created in 2007, and a previous 5-star platter winner (2013), Hermanuspietersfontein’s flagship white wine was recognised as a Sauvignon blanc with a difference. What made it different? 85% Sauvignon blanc, 10% Semillon and 5% Nouvelle (a cultivar unique to South Africa). Grapes from a cool-climate farm in the Sondagskloof Wine Region, the wine made a name for itself in the white table cloth restaurant market. The fact that, as white a wine, it could be laid down to improve with age is a testimony to why it features on ODO. The wine has been sitting perfectly under the careful eye of the HPF team. It's ready to be drunk now but this wine has legs and has the potential to hold in the cellar. Ideally made to be drunk in 2020. In my opinion, one of the best white wines I've tasted this year.  This is the last of this stock and unfortunately, Die Batho will not be released again due to Bartho Eksteen (the previous winemaker) focusing his efforts on his own personal label.

Tasting notes
  • Alc ± 13.0% Vol
  • Appearance: Bright, clear, green straw
  • Aroma: Fynbos, flint, beeswax
  • Palate: Balanced acidity, minerality, complex
Vineyard
  • Altitude: 235-330 m
  • Soil Sandy loan on clay; weathered sandstone with high organic content
  • Yield 8 tons per hectare (55hl/ha)
Maceration
  • Partial skin contact
  • Fermentation Temp Sauvignon blanc & Semillon 17°C; Nouvelle 13°C
  • Malolactic Fermentation: None
Maturation
  • Sauvignon blanc and Semillon co-ferment in 3500ltr foudre (French oak cask); Nouvelle fermented in stainless steel and blended together with other two varieties where after the complete blend age for another 12 months in the foudre
  • In the bottle pre-release12 months
  • Ageing recommendation 6 - 10 years and longer
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