#374 Steenberg Barrel-Fermented Sauvignon Blanc 2022
hanTV EPISODE CHAPTER INDEX:
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00:00 – Intro
00:35 – Meet legendary winemaker Elunda Basson
01:27 – Is “great wine” REALLY made in the vineyards?
02:10 – Steenberg’s impressively varied range of Sauvignon Blanc
03:10 – The viticulture for the Black Swan Sauvignon Blanc
04:35 – The viticulture for the Barrel-fermented Sauvignon Blanc
05:37 – Tasting notes for the Steenberg Barrel-fermented Sauvignon Blanc
06:21 – An ode to Constantia’s Sauvignon Blanc
07:28 – TWO links to more content on South African Sauvignon Blancs
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Tasting notes:
👃🏼 White asparagus, lime leaf, lemon blossom, buchu, bruleed sugar, elderflower
👄 Quite steely, and textured. Can be full and rounded, with lashings of oak, but this less of a Jonah Hill and more kind Timothy Chalamet. White grapefruit, seville marmalade, a bit of more generous naartjie sherbet, some peach,…but such a lovely linger zingy chardonnay-like lime cordial tail, which leaves the mouth watering.
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TECHNICAL SPECS
🔬 Wine of Origin Constantia. 100% Sauvignon Blanc.
A unique Sauvignon Blanc, the 2023 Barrel Fermented Sauvignon Blanc hails from carefully selected vineyard blocks on our Constantia estate. A fresh coastal breeze cools the vines, ensuring the grapes retain a bracing acidity alongside pure fruit character. The wine was fermented and aged in a combination of large (400l, 500l and 600l) French oak barrels (a few 1st, 2nd and 3rd fill but mainly older) and a concrete egg (16% of the total blend) for a total of 7 months. After maturation the wine was returned for stabilisation and filtration before bottling in November 2023
Harvested February / March 2023 | Soil type Clovelly / Oakleaf /Avalon | Age of vines 15-28 years |Yield 8 ton/ha | Alc 14.04% | Sugar: 1.6g /l |Acid: 6.4g /l | pH: 3.3
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