Cap Maritime
The Hemel-en-Aarde Valley is one of the most exciting locations for growing Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in South Africa. Cap Maritime is situated atop a ridge that separates the Upper Hemel-en-Aarde appellation from the Valley. This is where we strive to create wines that capture the essence of their origin while representing a style we aspire to.
With this harvest, the opportunity arose to work with fantastic vineyards in the Elandskloof, Overberg, and Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge appellations, giving birth to our Coastal wines resulting from the blend of these selected parcels classified as Cape South Coast origin.
Through these wines, winemaker Gottfried Mocke seeks to provide youthful accessibility while remaining true to the house style. His preference to accentuate texture and perfume characters over the opulence of primary fruit is a hallmark of his wines. Coastal Pinot Noir grapes were handpicked and sorted into small lug boxes, before being transported by refrigerated truck to our winery in Franschhoek. At the winery, a careful triage (selection process) took place to ensure that only healthy, whole berries were moved to concrete fermentation tanks. Most of the grapes were destemmed, leaving a whole-cluster component of approximately 25% with no additions being made. After spontaneous fermentation, we transferred the juice to 2-fill 225L French barrique for a 12-month élevage.
Allergens information
Contains sulphites.
SKU: 106957
