Technical Specifications
Alcohol 13.78%
Residual Sugar 2.7 g/L
pH 3.49
Total Acidity 5.6 g/L
Calories (estimated) 115 kcal / glass
150ml glass115 kcal
750ml bottle575 kcal
Grape Varieties Pinot Noir, Cinsault, Pinotage
Pinot Noir
Cinsault
Pinotage
Region Walker Bay
Fermentation Vessels Open Fermenter, Oak Barrel
Maceration 7 days
Oak Aging 11 months
Oak Details 20% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak20%
Second Fill Oak80%
Oak Types French
Barrel Size 225L French oak barrels
Bottling Date January 2021
Production Details Great season! Remarkable wines! Vintage 2020 will be remembered for its harmony and consistency. Smaller in size than the five-year average and two weeks earlier than usual, it produced fruit with small berries and unusually concentrated flavours. A moderate summer allowed each grapes variety to fully complete its individual ripening journey. The wines produced have an engaging freshness, substantial depth, and enviable refinement. Fruit was sourced from carefully selected vineyard sites with one goal in mind – to create a style of wine that charms and seduces. Serenity is a seamless blend of three varietals, Pinot noir, Cinsault and Pinotage (a family tree of the two parent varietals and progeny) – an interpretation of something authentically South African. As always, the emphasis of this blend remains entirely on style rather than cultivar make-up. Cultivars are merely vehicles to express terroir and not the expression of a wine itself. All cultivars were handpicked, sorted, and crushed into open fermenters. Here they each underwent cold maceration on their skins for seven to ten days before fermentation commenced. At completion of their ferment, each batch was pressed off separately to barrels where malolactic fermentation took place. Careful maturation in tight-grain French oak barriques, 20% of which were new, for a period of 11 months followed before the wine was blended and bottled in January 2021. Cases produced: 2,244 x 12. Release date: TBC.
Tasting Notes
freshness, depth, refinement, restraint, poise, tension, charming
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Producer Information
Website
Address
The Skyfields Farm, Hemel-en-Aarde Road, Hermanus, 7200, South Africa
Phone
+27 28 212 2007
Email
Owner
Kevin and Hanli Grant
Cellarmaster
Kevin Grant