Painted Wolf <br>Roussanne <br>2024
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Painted Wolf
Roussanne
2024

R1,320.00

R220.00 per bottle
W.O Paarl

20 in stock

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Bursting with stone fruit aromas, this is a wonderfully complex wine with a slight waxiness combined with vanilla and fresh minerality on the palate.

Additional information

Weight 1.25 kg
Dimensions 7 × 7 × 26 cm

Tasting Notes

Bursting with stone fruit aromas, this is a wonderfully complex wine with a slight waxiness combined with vanilla and fresh minerality on the palate.

Winemaking

The grapes were hand-harvested riper than usual, whole-bunch pressed and fermented slowly with natural yeast. The wine spent 8 months in a 500 litre barrel, with daily stirring of the lees.
Total production 2,900 bottles.

Wine Information

This wine is named for Solo of the Serengeti, the Painted Wolf (African wild dog) pup who inspired Hugo van Lawick and Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking 1978 film and book about the species. The name Solo was also given to a lone wild dog at Mombo in the Okavango about whom a fascinating documentary was made.
Roussanne, native to the warmer regions of France’s Rhône valley, is a relative newcomer and still very rare in South Africa. There are fewer than 10 South African producers and we are proud to be ranked among the top.

The vineyard

Roussanne is grown by Willy Mostert on the south-eastern side of the Paardeberg. The vines are planted on decomposed granite soils.

Cultivar

Roussanne 100%

Ageing Potential

We always find that our Roussannes age particularly well, and this wine will become even more interesting and complex over the next ten years.

Analysis

Alc: 14.22% | R.S: 3g/l | T.A: 6.3g/l | Ph: 3.27

Awards

Platter’s Wine Guide 2022: 4.5 stars
Tim Atkin 2021: 91 points
Decanter 2021: Silver

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