Technical Specifications
Alcohol 13.14%
Residual Sugar 2.8 g/L
pH 3.38
Total Acidity 5.3 g/L
Calories (estimated) 110 kcal / glass
150ml glass110 kcal
750ml bottle550 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%
Oak Types French
Barrel Size 225L French oak barrels
Bottling Date January 2022
Production Details Fairy-tale season! Exceptional wines! Vintage 2021 will be remembered for its moderate weather conditions, slow ripening, and long grape bunch hang times on the vines. Concentrated flavours and age worthy structure augurs well for extended cellaring. 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. 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 2022. Cases produced: 2,965 x 12. Release date: May 2025.
Tasting Notes
concentrated, age worthy, restraint, poise, tension, charming
Critics Ratings TIM ATKIN (MW): 92
TIM ATKIN (MW)92
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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