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Restless River Main Road & Dignity 2019

R755.00

Region: Hemel-En-Aarde

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“Such pristine purity and precision with beautiful purple and black berry fruits, creme de cassis, blue berry and an essence of watermelon making for a deliciously exotic, hedonistic wine. So incredibly lithe and fresh in the glass with tangy acids, a sleek but supremely intense concentration of blue and black berry fruits and a pronounced maritime salinity on the finish. But it’s undoubtedly the ‘wagyu-styled’ fine tannins that are massaged to perfection with an imperceptible mineral grip and a sleek velvety texture thanks to the longer hang times. So incredibly delicious. Wow! (8,124 bottles produced.)” – Greg Sherwood

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Restless River is situated in the Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley appellation, with vineyards at an altitude reaching 366m and 5km from the cold South Atlantic ocean. This appellation is unique with ancient, granite-based, rocky, deep clay soils; extremely rare to the greater Walker Bay area. Daytime temperatures during summer are some of the lowest in the South African winelands.
Hundreds of years ago, the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley was known as Attacquas Kloof. In 1760 the elder, Wessel Wessels arrived with his family and set up home. Some historians say it was Wessel who called the valley ‘Hemel-en-Aarde’. What is known for sure is that old man Wessels was the first European of settler descent to live in and farm the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. Fast forward 244 years to 2004 when Craig and Anne Wessels bought a small portion of Wessels’ original farm, and in so doing, the name of the original settler was once again returned to the valley. Like the Wessels’ that went before, Craig’s real passion is farming, and he is also the winemaker. Anne shares the passion, and runs the business side of the estate. The farm has some of the oldest Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay in the Hemel-en-Aarde, with vines first planted in 1999. Pinot Noir followed, planted in 2013.
The same pioneering spirit of his forefathers is alive and burning bright (Craig is also a great x7 grandson of President Paul Kruger). So it is no surprise that his approach is unconventional, fairly extreme but always very considered, guided as he says, ‘more by my senses than science’.

This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon is grown deep in the Chardonnay and Pinot Noir heartland of the Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Vallley. Cool-climate Cabernet allows for a longer ripening period and thus incredibly integrated tannin. Craig’s fastidious approach results in a wine of structure and length, without relying on big, ripe flavours or lashings of new oak. Pure class. This wine bears the names of the two vineyards from which it is made. Slopes are north-west-facing, the shallow soils range from light, well-drained gravel to mineral rich koffieklip. Below this is decomposed granite clay and quartz.