David & Nadia Aristargos White Blend 2021

David & Nadia is a family owned Swartland driven project and we focus on a spectrum of organic, old and dry land bush vine vineyards from different areas with different soil types throughout the Swartland, farmed by like-minded people. We are members of the Swartland Independent Producers. In the vineyard we aim for biological farming and in the cellar we work as natural as possible. It is all about the soil and vineyards after all. We believe in a pure, fresh and natural style where site and soil are at work with minimal influence from a winemaking point of view.

The blend consists of 49% Chenin blanc, 9% Clairette blanche, 8% Sémillon, 7% Grenache blanc, 7% Roussanne, 6% Verdelho, 6% Viognier, 4% Marsanne and 4% Colombar (grapes from 19 different vineyards, picked on 21 different dates). The cornerstone of this wine is the old vine components of Chenin blanc, Sémillon, Clairette and Colombar. The grapes were whole-bunch pressed and naturally fermented before spending eleven months in old neutral French oak barrels. The grapes from the two Sémilllon vineyards were fermented on their skins for a week before being pressed and matured in a very old 2,500L foudre for a year. The Colombar was also fermented on the skins (for 5 days) and matured in an old oak barrel. One Chenin blanc component was fermented and matured in a concrete egg.