Grapes from several premium, un-irrigated vineyards in the Agter-Paarl area, north of Cape Town, approximately 15-25km from the Atlantic Ocean. The deep, pebbly Malmesbury Shale soils have excellent water retention ability and produce small, flavourful grapes and wines with concentrated fruit flavours and a minerality characteristic of the region. The grapes were hand-harvested at optimum ripeness and given a one day cold maceration. Fermentation took place over 5 days in stainless steel tanks with regular pump-overs. Just before dryness, the wine was pressed and put back into tank for malo-lactic fermentation. 50% of the wine was matured in 300 litre American oak barrels (25% new) for 12 months. Fined and filtered before bottling.