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Bruce Jack Berrio Sauvignon Blanc 2021

R205.00

Region: Elim

Tasting note:

“The nose shows pear, lime, fynbos and fennel while the palate shows pure fruit and racy acidity, the finish possessing that slightly salty quality so typical of the area. It’s got nice palate weight given a relatively low alcohol of 13% and Jack explains that this comes from 24 hours skin contact before fermentation, 10% fermentation on the skins and seven months on the gross lees. A wine of unusual precision – not too severe, not too funky.” – Christian Eedes

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21 years ago, The Berrio wine project was launched by viticulturalist and winegrape farmer, Francis Pratt and winemaker, Bruce Jack.

Because Bruce spent many formative years as a boy in the Agulhas region, he chose to analyse the Elim wine ward for a university viticultural project in the mid-1990s. Coincidentally his old friend, Francis, was planning (with neighbours Dirk Human of Black Oystercatcher and Johan de Kock of Zoetendal), a pioneering winemaking joint venture.

By 2000 there were extra grapes available from Francis’ farm and The Berrio was born. Named after a remarkable little ship with a fascinating history that led Vasco da Gama’s challenging expeditionary voyage around Cape Agulhas early in 1497, The Berrio Sauvignon Blanc soon attracted an almost cult-like status among South African wine lovers.

In 2008 Bruce sold his Flagstone business and in that process was required to give up all his joint ventures, including The Berrio. Francis assumed ownership of the brand and began making the wine in Elim from the 2009 vintage (in 2009 he was assisted by winemaker Trizanne Barnard). He continued to make the wine in the Black Oystercatcher winery next door until 2014, when David Nieuwoudt from Ghost Corner Wines and Cederberg Winery joined Francis in the viticultural side of the business and, from 2014 to 2019, made The Berrio range for Francis (which now included a highly awarded Syrah).

Despite being lovingly cared for over the last two decades by different winemakers, the wine has consistently kept a distinctive sense of place and remarkable purity of flavour. Every vintage has performed extremely well in wine competitions and, more importantly, in the marketplace.