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McFarlane Wines Capitoline Wolf White

Capitoline Wolf White 2023

R170.00

The nose of this wine is beautifully floral and forthcoming. There are smatterings of fresh ginger and fenugreek spice with some white and yellow fruit. On the palate this wine has some quince and nectarine fruit, fresh acidity and it ends with a gorgeous savoury spice. A floral, aromatic green thai curry or Laksa would pair beautifully here.

70% Semillon
30% Chenin blanc

Origin: Western Cape – Franschhoek / Stellenbosch

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Technical Analysis

pH: 3.33  |  TA: 5.9g/l  |  Alc: 12.57%  |  FSO2: 33ppm  |  TSO2: 101ppm  |  RS: 2.4g/l

Harvest & Vineyard

The Semillon grapes which make up the biggest part of this blend come from a vineyard owned by Sophia and Danie at Terra De Luc in Franschhoek, these vines were planted in 2006 by Sophia’s late father. We selectively picked only the perfect golden bunches from this vineyard by hand. The Chenin blanc making up the balance of this blend came from Stellenbosch. The bunches were chilled overnight after transporting to the winery.

Winemaking

The following day the grapes were whole bunch pressed to a stainless steel tank. The press and free run juice are blended together and after pressing the juice was allowed to settle out naturally overnight. From here the juice was racked to big old french oak barrel where it was allowed to ferment naturally. Once the wine was dry it was stirred on the gross lees for 9 months without sulphur. Just before bottling the components were blended, sulphured up and protein stabilised. The wine was gently filtered before bottling.