Le Grand Domaine Grand Vin de Stellenbosch Rosé 2024
R195,00
This Rosé displays a pale rose gold colour. An elegant bouquet of honeydew melon, red apples and watermelon followed by fresh strawberries and raspberries. The palate is dry with a well-balanced acidity, due to the viscosity of the Clairette Blanche. A lingering finish of floral notes and delectable red berries.
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In the cellar
A clean, minimalistic winemaking approach was followed in the cellar, with more reductive winemaking principles to preserve the fruity characters. The Shiraz and the Clairette blanche ferments separately. Smooth fermentation in stainless steel tanks at 13°C. The Shiraz attributes to multiple fruit layers and the Clairette Blanche to a velvety viscosity.
In the vineyard
Each block was harvested at optimum phenolic ripeness to express fruit and terroir. Harmony was created between the fruit and acidity of the 23-yr-old Shiraz vineyard (planted on well-drained decomposed granite soil in the Klapmuts Kop mountain, on an easterly slope, facing Stellenbosch) and 18-yr-old Clairette Blanche vineyard (planted in sandy gravel soil in the Polkadraai Hills, close to Stellenbosch where leaf removal in the bunch zone is very important to ensure light penetration and sun exposure).
Cultivar
60% Shiraz; 40% Clairette Blanche
About the Wine Estate
Le Grand Domaine is situated at the top of beautiful Devon Valley, overlooking the majestic Stellenbosch mountains. Devon Valley is one of Stellenbosch’s best-kept secrets, both scenically and viticulturally. Vines have flourished here since the 18th century and it has an enviable reputation, not only for the red wines that are made here, but also as a source of premium grapes.
The Devon Valley was demarcated in 1997, within the Stellenbosch Wine of Origin. The valley is open to the south and demarcated by low hills on the other sides.
